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Species Vella fallax


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

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

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

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

The ant-lions of Florida. I. Genera (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)
By Lionel A. Stange
Entomology Circular No. 215, 1980

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.

Stray notes on Myrmeleontidae, Parts 4-5
By H.A. Hagen
The Canadian Entomologist 20(1): 34-38, 57-69, 72-74, 93-97, 185-191, 204-211, 1888
Part 4: 34-38, 57-60, 72-74, 93-97
Part 5: 185-191, 204-211

Continued from Parts 1-3

Stray notes on Myrmeleontidae, Parts 1-3
By H.A. Hagen
The Canadian Entomologist 19(1): 89-93, 110-112, 133-136, 209-217, 1887
Part 1: 89-93, 110-112
Part 2: 133-136, 147-156
Part 3: 209-217

Continued in Parts 4-5