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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Antlions and Allies (Myrmeleontiformia) » Antlions & Owlflies (Myrmeleontidae) » unidentified larvae and pupae

unidentified larvae and pupae

Classification · Identification · Remarks

Myrmeleontidae sp. Larva

Myrmeleon larva?

Myrmeleon larva?

Myrmeleon larva?

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)

No Taxon unidentified larvae and pupae

Identification

The following species of antlion larvae on BugGuide have been identified past family:

1 mandibular tooth

Paranthaclisis: found in coastal dunes

Paranthaclisis floridana

2 mandibular teeth

Glenurus: live in holes in trees

3 mandibular teeth, body dorsoventrally flattened

Ascaloptynx: elongate scolus-like processes, longitudinal stripe down the thorax and abdomen, mimic of dead leaves

Ascaloptynx appendiculata

Ululodes: elongate scolus-like processes, no stripe down the thorax and abdomen

Ululodes sp. (left: 1st instar, right 2nd or 3rd instar)

3 mandibular teeth, body not dorsoventrally flattened - all other genera

Brachynemurus: distal tooth shorter than proximal tooth and closer to middle tooth, base of mandible wider than beyond mandibular teeth, active predators that leave trails

Brachynemurus abdominalis

Brachynemurus nebulosus

Dendroleon: distal tooth longer than proximal tooth, teeth equidistant, mesoscutum with a patch of setae, body with prominent scoli, debris-carriers in tree holes and gopher tortoise burrows

Dendroleon obsoletus

Myrmeleon: distal tooth longer than proximal tooth, teeth equidistant, build funnel-shaped pits

Myrmeleon carolinus

Myrmeleon crudelis

Myrmeleon exitialis

Myrmeleon immaculatus

Vella: distal tooth longer than proximal tooth, teeth equidistant, distance from third mandibular tooth to apex of mandible longer than space from base to third mandibular tooth

Vella americana

Remarks

For owlfly larvae, see also Ascalaphinae eggs and larvae overview.

Contributed by v belov on 12 April, 2009 - 3:42pm
Additional contributions by PaleoJon
Last updated 18 March, 2024 - 12:37am

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