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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Antlions and Allies (Myrmeleontiformia) » Antlions & Owlflies (Myrmeleontidae) » Owlflies (Ascalaphinae) » Split-eyed Owlflies (Ululodes) » Ululodes floridanus

Species Ululodes floridanus

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Owlfly - Ululodes floridanus Valdosta Insect - Ululodes floridanus What is this critter? - Ululodes floridanus Four-spotted Owlfly - Ululodes floridanus Ululodes - Ululodes floridanus Dark Owlfly - Ululodes floridanus Dark Owlfly - Ululodes floridanus Dark Owlfly - Ululodes floridanus
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.
Contributed by v belov on 4 December, 2010 - 1:01am
Additional contributions by Chuck Sexton, PaleoJon
Last updated 9 October, 2022 - 1:29am

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