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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Antlions and Allies (Myrmeleontiformia) » Antlions & Owlflies (Myrmeleontidae) » Picture-winged Antlions and Allies (Nemoleontinae) » Purenleon » Purenleon connexus
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Ant Lion ID Request - Purenleon connexus
Copyright © 2013 A. Hendrickson

Ant Lion ID Request - Purenleon connexus
Camp Wood, Edwards County, Texas, USA
August 30, 2013
Can this specimen be brought to species?

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Contributed by A. Hendrickson on 6 September, 2013 - 3:00pm
Last updated 11 July, 2021 - 2:40pm

Moved
Moved from Euptilon sinuatum.

Darker, less ornate abdomen (only lighter brown bands rather than very pale lines and spots). Wing pigmentation and venation are very similar to E. ornatum, with both sharing the unconnected crossveins.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 11 July, 2021 - 2:40pm login or register to post comments

 
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That is quite an exciting ID. I think I really have a number of different species in this location.
… A. Hendrickson, 11 July, 2021 - 3:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Indeed
Yeah, the desert southwest (CA and AZ in particular) have a ton of biodiversity, really of all Neuroptera. Most, from what I've seen, are less widely studied, especially by hobbyists, and the literature's really only been including color photographs of specimens in recent years. Thankfully, this genus has a very nice revision with color photographs of relevant traits: (1).
… Jonathan Hoskins, 11 July, 2021 - 7:55pm login or register to post comments

 
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I have been studying my photographs with renewed interest since your recent ID's. I will be posting more.
… A. Hendrickson, 11 July, 2021 - 8:29pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks for the correction -- and all your amazing help on BG
… v belov, 11 July, 2021 - 2:51pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Antlions.
… A. Hendrickson, 6 September, 2013 - 10:22pm login or register to post comments

nice... must be Euptilon sinuatum
… v belov, 6 September, 2013 - 9:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Again!
Thank you. Looks like it is only in Texas and right around us.
… A. Hendrickson, 6 September, 2013 - 10:23pm login or register to post comments

 
ID confirmed by J.D. Oswald
… v belov, 7 September, 2013 - 9:17am login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 6 September, 2013 - 6:58pm login or register to post comments

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