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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Owlflies, Lacewings, Mantidflies and Allies (Neuroptera) » Antlions and Owlflies (Myrmeleontiformia) » Antlions (Myrmeleontidae) » Nemoleontini

Tribe Nemoleontini

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Antlion: species Glenurus gratus - Glenurus gratus unknown bug - Glenurus luniger Antlion - Euptilon ornatum Big Fly - Euptilon Brachynemurus sp? - Euptilon ornatum Euptilon ornatum Purty bug - Glenurus gratus Glenurus luniger? - Glenurus luniger
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Neuroptera (Antlions, Owlflies, Lacewings, Mantidflies and Allies)
Suborder Myrmeleontiformia (Antlions and Owlflies)
Family Myrmeleontidae (Antlions)
Tribe Nemoleontini
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Psammoleon is now a junior subjective synonym of Euptilon, which currently accommodates most of our spp. formerly treated as Psammoleon; the rest of ex-Psammoleon (a few rather uncommon sw. spp.) are now placed in Purenleon (J.D. Oswald, pers. comm. to =v=, 5/24/10)
Explanation of Names
Nemoleontini Banks 1911
Numbers
globally, this is the largest and most diverse tribe, but with just 19 spp.(1) in 4 genera in our area
Range
temperate and tropical regions worldwide; in our area, more diverse in w. US, with 5 spp. in se. US(1)
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
Contributed by v belov on 23 May, 2010 - 11:20am
Last updated 17 February, 2015 - 6:59am

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