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Species Menkeleon bellulus

Menkeleon bellulus? - Menkeleon bellulus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Neuroptera (Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies)

Suborder Myrmeleontiformia (Antlions and Allies)

Family Myrmeleontidae (Antlions & Owlflies)

Subfamily Myrmeleontinae (Giant, Long-tailed, and Pit-trapping Antlions)

Tribe Brachynemurini (Long-tailed Antlions)

Genus Menkeleon

Species bellulus (Menkeleon bellulus)

Explanation of Names

Menkeleon bellulus (Banks 1905)

Size

11 - 20 mm(1)

Identification

Antennae with a pale band, abdomen distinctly banded.(1)

Range

sw. US (AZ, CA, NM, UT)(2) to nw. Mexico(3)

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the ant-lion tribe Brachynemurini of North America (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) Lionel A. Stange. 1970. University of California Publications in Entomology, 55:vi+1-192.

2.	Species catalog of the Neuroptera, Megaloptera, and Raphidioptera of America North of Mexico Penny N.D., Adams P.A., Stange L.A. 1997. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 50: 39‒114.

3.	Neuropterida Species of the World catalogue (by J.D. Oswald)

Contributed by tom murray on 12 April, 2009 - 2:06pm
Additional contributions by v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 19 December, 2022 - 3:00am

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