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Menkeleon bellulus
Species
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