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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Antlions and Allies (Myrmeleontiformia) » Antlions including Owlflies (Myrmeleontidae) » Giant, Long-tailed, and Pit-trapping Antlions (Myrmeleontinae) » Long-tailed Antlions (Brachynemurini) » Scotoleon

Genus Scotoleon

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Works Cited

Myrmeleontidae - Scotoleon yavapai - male

alien eyes - Scotoleon nigrilabris - female

S carrizonus - Scotoleon carrizonus - female

Male, Brachynemurini - Scotoleon nigrescens

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 including Owlflies)

Subfamily Myrmeleontinae (Giant, Long-tailed, and Pit-trapping Antlions)

Tribe Brachynemurini (Long-tailed Antlions)

Genus Scotoleon

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

species formerly treated as a part of Brachynemurus(1)

Explanation of Names

Scotoleon Banks 1913

Greek σκότος scótos ('dark') + λέων léōn ('lion')

Numbers

20 spp. in our area(2); 23 spp. total, all in North America (NA's largest antlion genus)

1. Scotoleon carrizonus: AZ, CA, NM, NV, OK, TX, UT

2. Scotoleon deflexus: CA, NM

3. Scotoleon dissimilis: AZ, TX

4. Scotoleon expansus: AZ, CA, NM, TX

5. Scotoleon fidelitas: AZ, CA

6. Scotoleon infuscatus: CA

7. Scotoleon intermedius: AZ, CA, NV, UT

8. Scotoleon longipalpis: AZ, CA, NM, NV, TX

9. Scotoleon marshi: TX

10. Scotoleon minusculus: AZ, CA, KS, NE, NM, OK, TX, UT

11. Scotoleon minutus: AZ, CA, NV

12. Scotoleon niger: AZ, CA, NV

13. Scotoleon nigrescens: AZ, TX

14. Scotoleon nigrilabris: AZ, CA, CO, ID, KS, MN, MT, NE, NM, NV, SD, TX, UT, WY

15. Scotoleon nivatensis: AZ, CA, ID, NV, OR

16. Scotoleon pallidus: AZ, CA, NM, NV, TX

17. Scotoleon peregrinus: BC; AZ, CA, CO, NE, NM, NV, UT, WY

18. Scotoleon quadripunctatus: AZ, CA, NV

19. Scotoleon singularis: AZ, CA, NV, NM, UT

20. Scotoleon yavapai: AZ, CA, NV, UT

Range

western US (esp. sw.), with 3 spp. ranging northeast to SD, NE, and MN. A single species ranging into Canada (BC).(2)

Food

Adults of one species reported to take nectar from Gaura flowers in TX(1)

Works Cited

1.	Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America Eric Eaton, Kenn Kaufman. 2006. Houghton Mifflin.

2.	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 john and jane balaban on 18 August, 2006 - 4:44pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov, Robert H. Biagi, PaleoJon
Last updated 30 July, 2023 - 11:51pm

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