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Checklist of Family Myrmeleontidae Latreille, 1802 (Ant lions)
for Ecozones


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
814
32225
411216
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
809
32196
411162
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
776
31715
407401
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Neuropterida
Aspöck, Gusenleithner & Malicky, 1999
15
114
740
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Neuroptera
Linnaeus, 1758
And Allies, Ant lions, Ant-lions, Antlions, Lacewing
11
103
671
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Myrmeleontiformia
Henry, 1982
2
39
202
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Myrmeleontoidea
Latreille, 1802
2
39
202
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMyrmeleontidae
Latreille, 1802
Ant lions, Ant-lions, Antlion, Antlion lacewings, Antlions
32
184
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ecozones
32 Genera with 184 Species
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Atricholeon Stange, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Austroleon Banks, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Belluga Navas, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Bollenga Navas, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Brachynemurus Hagen, 190365SpeciesTaxom
Chaetoleon Banks, 19223SpeciesTaxom
Clathroneuria Banks, 19707SpeciesTaxom
Comptessa Navas, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Creoleon Tillyard, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Dendroleon Brauer, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Eremoleon Banks, 19588SpeciesTaxom
Euptilon Westwood, 19034SpeciesTaxom
Glenurus Hagen, 1907Antlion2SpeciesTaxom
Gnopholeon Stange, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Hesperoleon Banks, 193410SpeciesTaxom
Lemolemus Navas, 18612SpeciesTaxom
Maracandula Currie, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Mastega Navas, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Menkeleon Stange, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Mexoleon Stange, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Myrmeleon Linnaeus, 1866Antlion20SpeciesTaxom
Nelees Navas, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Netoneurus1SpeciesTaxom
Netroneurus Banks, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Paranthaclisis Banks, 19393SpeciesTaxom
Peruveleon Miller and S..., 18602SpeciesTaxom
Psammoleon Banks, 19037SpeciesTaxom
Purenleon Stange, 19273SpeciesTaxom
Scotoleon Banks, 190323SpeciesTaxom
Segura Navas, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Tyttholeon Adams, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Vella Navas, 19436SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ecozones
184 Species and 1 Subspecies
Atricholeon tuberculatus Banks, 1899
Austroleon garciana Banks, 1930
Belluga implexa (Navas, 1920)⇒ Brachynemurus californicus Banks, 1895
Bollenga dinamensis Navas, 1932
Brachynemurus abdominalis Say, 1823
Brachynemurus arapahoe (Banks, 1938)⇒ Clathroneuria arapahoe Banks, 1938
Brachynemurus assimilis (Banks, 1903)⇒ Scotoleon peregrinus Hagen, 1861
Brachynemurus blandus Hagen, 1861
Brachynemurus brunneus (Currie, 1898)⇒ Brachynemurus ferox Walker, 1853
Brachynemurus californicus Banks, 1895
Brachynemurus carolinus Banks, 1911
Brachynemurus carrizonus (Hagen, 1888)⇒ Scotoleon carrizonus Hagen, 1888
Brachynemurus centralis (Banks, 1898)⇒ Brachynemurus ferox Walker, 1853
Brachynemurus cockerelli (Banks, 1902)⇒ Brachynemurus hubbardii Currie, 1898
Brachynemurus coquilletti (Currie, 1898)⇒ Clathroneuria coquilletti Currie, 1898
Brachynemurus curriei (McClendon, 1906)⇒ Peruveleon dorsalis Banks, 1903
Brachynemurus deflexus (Adams, 1957)⇒ Scotoleon deflexus Adams, 1957
Brachynemurus digueti (Navas, 1913)⇒ Scotoleon digueti Navas, 1913
Brachynemurus dissimilis (Banks, 1903)⇒ Scotoleon dissimilis Banks, 1903
Brachynemurus dorsalis (Banks, 1903)⇒ Peruveleon dorsalis Banks, 1903
Brachynemurus eiseni (Banks, 1908)⇒ Scotoleon eiseni Banks, 1908
Brachynemurus elongatus Banks, 1904
Brachynemurus exiguus Navas, 1920Silver-rag
Brachynemurus expansus (Navas, 1913)⇒ Scotoleon expansus Navas, 1913
Brachynemurus ferox Walker, 1853
Brachynemurus fidelitas (Adams, 1957)⇒ Scotoleon fidelitas Adams, 1957
Brachynemurus fraternus (Banks, 1895)⇒ Brachynemurus californicus Banks, 1895
Brachynemurus fuscus Banks, 1905
Brachynemurus henshawi Hagen, 1887
Brachynemurus hubbardi (Currie, 1898)⇒ Brachynemurus hubbardii Currie, 1898
Brachynemurus hubbardii Currie, 1898
Brachynemurus indiges (Walker, 1860)⇒ Peruveleon indiges Walker, 1860
Brachynemurus infuscatus (Adams, 1957)⇒ Scotoleon infuscatus Adams, 1957
Brachynemurus intermedius (Currie, 1903)⇒ Scotoleon intermedius Currie, 1903
Brachynemurus irregularis Currie, 1906
Brachynemurus longicaudus Burmeister, 1839
Brachynemurus longipalpis (Hagen, 1888)⇒ Scotoleon longipalpis Hagen, 1888
Brachynemurus maculosus (Banks, 1899)⇒ Clathroneuria coquilletti Currie, 1898
Brachynemurus marshi (Stange, 1970)⇒ Scotoleon marshi Stange, 1970
Brachynemurus mexicanus Banks, 1895
Brachynemurus minusculus (Banks, 1898)⇒ Scotoleon minusculus Banks, 1898
Brachynemurus minutus (Adams, 1957)⇒ Scotoleon minutus Adams, 1957
Brachynemurus navajo (Banks, 1938)⇒ Clathroneuria navajo Banks, 1938
Brachynemurus nebulosum Olivier, 1811
Brachynemurus niger (Currie, 1898)⇒ Scotoleon niger Currie, 1898
Brachynemurus nigrescens (Stange, 1970)⇒ Scotoleon nigrescens Stange, 1970
Brachynemurus nigrilabris (Hagen, 1888)⇒ Scotoleon nigrilabris Hagen, 1888
Brachynemurus nivatensis (Navas, 1915)⇒ Scotoleon nivatensis Navas, 1915
Brachynemurus nubeculipennis Currie, 1903
Brachynemurus pallidus (Banks, 1899)⇒ Scotoleon pallidus Banks, 1899
Brachynemurus peregrinus (Hagen, 1861)⇒ Scotoleon peregrinus Hagen, 1861
Brachynemurus plectus (Navas, 1913)⇒ Scotoleon dissimilis Banks, 1903
Brachynemurus pulchellus Banks, 1911
Brachynemurus pumilis (Burmeister, 1839)⇒ Chaetoleon pumilis Burmeister, 1839
Brachynemurus pusillus (Currie, 1899)⇒ Chaetoleon pusillus Currie, 1899
Brachynemurus quadripunctatus (Currie, 1898)⇒ Scotoleon quadripunctatus Currie, 1898
Brachynemurus ramburi Banks, 1907
Brachynemurus sackeni Hagen, 1888
Brachynemurus schwarzi (Currie, 1903)⇒ Clathroneuria schwarzi Currie, 1903
Brachynemurus seminolae Stange, 1970
Brachynemurus signata Hagen, 1887
Brachynemurus singularis (Currie, 1903)⇒ Scotoleon singularis Currie, 1903
Brachynemurus tenuis (Banks, 1898)⇒ Brachynemurus abdominalis Say, 1823
Brachynemurus texanus (Banks, 1903)⇒ Scotoleon minusculus Banks, 1898
Brachynemurus tripunctatus (Banks, 1922)⇒ Chaetoleon tripunctatus Banks, 1922
Brachynemurus tuberculatus (Banks, 1899)⇒ Atricholeon tuberculatus Banks, 1899
Brachynemurus versutus Walker, 1853
Brachynemurus westcotti (Stange, 1970)⇒ Clathroneuria westcotti Stange, 1970
Brachynemurus yavapai (Currie, 1903)⇒ Scotoleon yavapai Currie, 1903
Chaetoleon pumilis Burmeister, 1839
Chaetoleon pusillus Currie, 1899
Chaetoleon tripunctatus Banks, 1922
Clathroneuria arapahoe Banks, 1938
Clathroneuria arioles (Banks, 1941)⇒ Mexoleon papago Currie, 1899
Clathroneuria coquilletti Currie, 1898
Clathroneuria exigua (Navas, 1920)⇒ Brachynemurus exiguus Navas, 1920
Clathroneuria navajo Banks, 1938
Clathroneuria schwarzi Currie, 1903
Clathroneuria westcotti Stange, 1970
Comptessa ambitiosa Navas, 1915
Creoleon surcoufi Navas, 1912
Dendroleon obsoletus Say, 1839Eastern Spotted-Winged Antlion
Dendroleon speciosum Banks, 1906
Eremoleon affine Banks, 1942
Eremoleon gracile (Adams, 1956)⇒ Eremoleon gracilis Adams, 1957
Eremoleon gracilis Adams, 1957
Eremoleon insipidus Adams, 1957
Eremoleon macer Hagen, 1861
Eremoleon nigribasis Banks, 1920
Eremoleon pallens Banks, 1941
Eremoleon sectoralis (Adams, 1958)⇒ Eremoleon pallens Banks, 1941
Euptilon arizonense Banks, 1935
Euptilon decipiens Banks, 1935
Euptilon ornatum Drury, 1773
Euptilon sinuatum Currie, 1903
Glenurus grata Say, 1839
Glenurus snowi Banks, 1907
Gnopholeon barberi Currie, 1903
Gnopholeon delicatulus Currie, 1903
Hesperoleon apache (Banks, 1938)⇒ Scotoleon expansus Navas, 1913
Hesperoleon atomarius (Navas, 1933)⇒ Eremoleon macer Hagen, 1861
Hesperoleon brevipilis (Banks, 1938)⇒ Brachynemurus sackeni Hagen, 1888
Hesperoleon curriei (Banks, 1938)⇒ Scotoleon dissimilis Banks, 1903
Hesperoleon curtus Banks, 1928
Hesperoleon douglasi (Banks, 1927)⇒ Scotoleon carrizonus Hagen, 1888
Hesperoleon huachuca (Banks, 1938)⇒ Scotoleon niger Currie, 1898
Hesperoleon placidus (Navas, 1915)⇒ Brachynemurus abdominalis Say, 1823
Hesperoleon planus (Navas, 1920)⇒ Scotoleon dissimilis Banks, 1903
Hesperoleon spegazzinius (Navas, 1934)⇒ Brachynemurus versutus Walker, 1853
Lemolemus connexus Banks, 1920
Lemolemus inscriptus Hagen, 1861
Maracandula minima (Banks, 1942)⇒ Menkeleon bellulus Banks, 1905
Mastega texanus (Navas, 1914)⇒ Brachynemurus irregularis Currie, 1906
Menkeleon bellula Banks, 1906
Menkeleon bellulus Banks, 1905
Mexoleon papago Currie, 1899
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) arizonicus Banks, 1943
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) californicus Banks, 1943
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) carolinus Banks, 1943
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) crudelis Walker, 1853Curtiss' milkweed
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) immaculatus Morton, 1921
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) invisus Walker, 1853Curtiss' milkweed
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) mobilis Hagen, 1888
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) rusticus Hagen, 1861Heterosporous ferns
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) texanus Banks, 1900
Myrmeleon angusticollis (Rambur, 1842)⇒ Chaetoleon pumilis Burmeister, 1839
Myrmeleon conspersus Rambur, 1842
Myrmeleon contaminatus Burmeister, 1839
Myrmeleon diversus (Hagen, 1873)⇒ Myrmeleon rusticus Hagen, 1861
Myrmeleon heriocles (Banks, 1915)⇒ Myrmeleon invisus Walker, 1853
Myrmeleon iniquus (Walker, 1853)⇒ Brachynemurus abdominalis Say, 1823
Myrmeleon irroratus (Olivier, 1811)⇒ Creoleon surcoufi Navas, 1912
Myrmeleon juvencus (Hagen, 1861)⇒ Brachynemurus abdominalis Say, 1823
Myrmeleon nebulosus (Olivier, 1811)⇒ Brachynemurus ramburi Banks, 1907
Myrmeleon salvus (Hagen, 1861)⇒ Brachynemurus abdominalis Say, 1823
Myrmeleon talpinus Hagen, 1866
Nelees cubitalis (Navas, 1921)⇒ Peruveleon indiges Walker, 1860
Netoneurus pallescens Banks, 1942
Netroneurus pygmaeus (Esben-Petersen, 1933)⇒ Peruveleon dorsalis Banks, 1903
Paranthaclisis congener Hagen, 1861
Paranthaclisis hageni Banks, 1899
Paranthaclisis nevadensis Banks, 1939
Peruveleon dorsalis Banks, 1903
Peruveleon indiges Walker, 1860
Psammoleon arizonensis (Banks, 1935)⇒ Euptilon arizonense Banks, 1935
Psammoleon bistictus (Hagen, 1861)⇒ Purenleon bistictus Hagen, 1861
Psammoleon connexus (Banks, 1920)⇒ Purenleon connexus Banks, 1920
Psammoleon decipiens (Banks, 1935)⇒ Euptilon decipiens Banks, 1935
Psammoleon guttipes (Banks, 1906)⇒ Euptilon ornatum Drury, 1773
Psammoleon minor (Banks, 1927)⇒ Purenleon minor Banks, 1927
Psammoleon sinuatus (Currie, 1903)⇒ Euptilon sinuatum Currie, 1903
Purenleon bistictus Hagen, 1861
Purenleon connexus Banks, 1920
Purenleon minor Banks, 1927Australian tuna
Scotoleon carrizonus Hagen, 1888Pond skaters
Scotoleon congener (Banks, 1942)⇒ Scotoleon longipalpis Hagen, 1888
Scotoleon deflexus Adams, 1957
Scotoleon digueti Navas, 1913
Scotoleon dissimilis Banks, 1903
Scotoleon eiseni Banks, 1908
Scotoleon expansus Navas, 1913
Scotoleon fidelitas Adams, 1957
Scotoleon infuscatus Adams, 1957
Scotoleon intermedius Currie, 1903
Scotoleon longipalpis Hagen, 1888Pond skaters
Scotoleon marshi Stange, 1970
Scotoleon minusculus Banks, 1898
Scotoleon minutus Adams, 1957
Scotoleon niger Currie, 1898
Scotoleon nigrescens Stange, 1970
Scotoleon nigrilabris Hagen, 1888Pond skaters
Scotoleon nivatensis Navas, 1915
Scotoleon pallidus Banks, 1899
Scotoleon peregrinus Hagen, 1861
Scotoleon quadripunctatus Currie, 1898
Scotoleon singularis Currie, 1903
Scotoleon yavapai Currie, 1903
Segura vitreus (Navas, 1914)⇒ Eremoleon macer Hagen, 1861
Tyttholeon puerilis Adams, 1957
Vella americanum Drury, 1770
Vella fallax Rambur, 1842
Vella fallax texana Hagen, 1887
Vella hespera Banks, 1914
Vella minor Banks, 1943
Vella texana (Banks, 1943)⇒ Vella fallax Rambur, 1842

Subnodes of Myrmeleontidae with occurrences in Ecozones
SubfamilyGlenurinae
Banks, 1927
1
7
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMyrmeleontinae
Latreille, 1802
22
159
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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