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Genus Paranthaclisis

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Description of a new species of Paranthaclisis Banks from Florida (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)

By Lionel A. Stange & Robert B. Miller
Insecta Mundi, 0224:1-5, 2012

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Contributed by Jonathan Hoskins on 10 January, 2022 - 7:38am

Revision and Phylogenetic Analysis of the North Amnerican Antlion Genus Paranthaclisis Banks (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)

By Diehl, Benjamin Robert
Texas A&M University, 2012

Unpublished M.S. thesis, available here.

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Contributed by Chuck Sexton on 8 February, 2021 - 7:26pm

A Generic Review of the Acanthaclisine Antlions Based on Larvae (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)

By Lionel A. Stange & Robert B. Miller
Insecta Mundi, 1(1): 29-45, 1985

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Contributed by Jonathan Hoskins on 29 September, 2022 - 1:45am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Antlions and Allies (Myrmeleontiformia) » Antlions & Owlflies (Myrmeleontidae)

Owlflies are derived antlions: anchored phylogenomics supports a new phylogeny and classification of Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera)

By Machado R.J.P., Gillung J.P., Winterton S.L., Garzón-Orduña I.J., Lemmon A.R., Lemmon E.M., Oswald J.D.
Sys. Entomol. 44: 418–450, 2018

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Contributed by v belov on 22 January, 2024 - 8:01pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Antlions and Allies (Myrmeleontiformia) » Antlions & Owlflies (Myrmeleontidae)

A systematic catalog, bibliography, and classification of the world antlions (Insecta: Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)

By Lionel Alvin Stange
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 74: [iv]+565 pp,, 2004

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Contributed by Jonathan Hoskins on 7 July, 2022 - 9:41pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Antlions and Allies (Myrmeleontiformia) » Antlions & Owlflies (Myrmeleontidae)

Contributions toward a knowledge of the insect fauna of Lower California. No. 4. Neuroptera: Myrmeleonidae

By Nathan Banks
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series, 24(4): 133-151, 1942

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Contributed by Jonathan Hoskins on 9 November, 2021 - 3:39am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Antlions and Allies (Myrmeleontiformia) » Antlions & Owlflies (Myrmeleontidae)

The ant-lions of Florida. I. Genera (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)

By Lionel A. Stange
Entomology Circular No. 215, 1980

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Contributed by Jonathan Hoskins on 2 September, 2021 - 1:40am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Antlions and Allies (Myrmeleontiformia) » Antlions & Owlflies (Myrmeleontidae)

The ant-lions of Florida. II. Genera based on larvae (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)

By Lionel A. Stange
Entomology Circular No. 221, 1980

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Various notes about the biology of larvae are included.

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Contributed by Jonathan Hoskins on 28 July, 2021 - 7:43am

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