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Photo#250261
Gnopholeon sp at lights, Borrego Palm Canyon Campground 28 Apr 2008 - Paranthaclisis
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Gnopholeon sp at lights, Borrego Palm Canyon Campground 28 Apr 2008 - Paranthaclisis

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego County, California, USA
April 28, 2008
Size: About 29 mm to wing tip
We are identifying this antlion as Gnopholeon sp based on hefty front femora, tibial spurs and wing venation as illustranted in Stange's 1970 revision of the antlion tribe of Brachynemurini. In 1994 he placed this genue Gnopholeon in its own tribe Gnopholeonini. We suspect a female based on the short abdomen, and we suspect species delicatulus because the hairs (setae) on the forefemur do not appear to be knobbed, the trait defining this species.

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Gnopholeon sp at lights, Borrego Palm Canyon Campground 28 Apr 2008 - Paranthaclisis Myrmeleontidae female (possibly Gnopholeon sp), face, at lights, Borrego Palm Canyon Campground 28 Apr 2008 - Paranthaclisis - female Myrmeleontidae female (possibly Gnopholeon sp) at lights, Borrego Palm Canyon Campground 28 Apr 2008 - Paranthaclisis - female
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Contributed by Lynn Monroe on 24 January, 2009 - 8:33pm
Last updated 22 May, 2010 - 8:18pm

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… v belov, 22 May, 2010 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

#250261 Identification – Paranthaclisis sp.
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… John D. Oswald, 22 May, 2010 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Paranthaclisis sp
Thanks so much, Dr. Oswald, for identifying this neuropteran to the correct genus. It is really appreciated!
… Lynn Monroe, 25 May, 2010 - 10:58am login or register to post comments

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