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Tribe Brachynemurini - Long-tailed Antlions

Greenish Antlion - Brachynemurus abdominalis Brachynemurus abdominalis - Brachynemurus Myrmeleontid - Brachynemurus - female Myrmeleon exitalis Myrmeleontidae: Heperoleon sp.? Arizona Antlion for ID Female, Brachynemurus hubbardii? - Brachynemurus hubbardii Female, Scotoleon? - Scotoleon longipalpis
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)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Revised in (1)
Our species of Abatoleon listed in (2) have been moved to Peruveleon(3)
Explanation of Names
Brachynemurini Banks 1927
Numbers
the largest tribe in our area, with 56 spp. in 10 genera(2)(4)
not yet in the guide: Tyttholeon (1 sp., CA/NV‒AZ)
Identification
Males have a longer abdomen than the females, in some species significantly longer.
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.Owlflies are derived antlions: anchored phylogenomics supports a new phylogeny and classification of Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera)
Machado R.J.P., Gillung J.P., Winterton S.L., Garzón-Orduña I.J., Lemmon A.R., Lemmon E.M., Oswald J.D. 2018. Sys. Entomol. 44: 418–450.
4.Owlflies are derived antlions: anchored phylogenomics supports a new phylogeny and classification of Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera)