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Species Ululodes floridanus

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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 Ascalaphinae (Owlflies)
Genus Ululodes (Split-eyed Owlflies)
Species floridanus (Ululodes floridanus)
Other Common Names
Florida owlfly
Explanation of Names
Ululodes floridanus (Banks, 1906)
Identification
Distinguished from all other eastern species by having the fore pterostigmas pale but the hind pterostigmas dark. Only the western U. bicolor has this combination within our range and is readily separated from U. floridana by the developed pigmentation on the hind wing.
Range
se. US (NJ-FL west to KS-TX)(1) (and comments by J.R. Jones)
Works Cited
1.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.