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Checklist for Family Myrmeleontidae Latreille, 1802 (Ant lions)
and region Iran (Near East)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
400
4755
15379
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
397
4748
15372
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
382
4712
15315
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Neuropterida
Aspöck, Gusenleithner & Malicky, 1999
8
22
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Neuroptera
Linnaeus, 1758
And Allies, Ant lions, Ant-lions, Antlions, Lacewing
7
20
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Myrmeleontiformia
Henry, 1982
3
13
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Myrmeleontoidea
Latreille, 1802
2
10
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMyrmeleontidae
Latreille, 1802
Ant lions, Ant-lions, Antlion, Antlion lacewings, Antlions
9
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Iran
9 Genera with 7 Species
Acanthaclisis Rambur, 1842
0SpeciesTaxom
Brachynemurus Hagen, 1888
0SpeciesTaxom
Creoleon Tillyard, 1918
0SpeciesTaxom
Cueta Navas, 18752SpeciesTaxom
Euroleon Esben-Petersen, 1918
0SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecaelurus Costa, 19322SpeciesTaxom
Myrmeleon Linnaeus, 1811Antlion1SpeciesTaxom
Neuroleon Navas, 1909
0SpeciesTaxom
Palpares Rambur, 17642SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Iran
7 Species
Cueta lineosa Rambur, 1842
Cueta ulianini (McLachlan, 1875)⇒ Cueta lineosa Rambur, 1842
Myrmecaelurus (Myrmecaelurus) trigrammus Pallas, 1771
Myrmecaelurus gestroanus Navas, 1932Black butterfish
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) hyalinus Olivier, 1811Littleleaf mockorange
Palpares cephalotes Klug, 1834
Palpares libelluloides Linnaeus, 1764

Subnodes of Myrmeleontidae with occurrences in Iran
SubfamilyMyrmeleontinae
Latreille, 1802
8
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPalparinae
Banks, 1912
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Myrmeleontidae at researcharchive.calacademy.org
Myrmeleontidae at artfakta.se
Myrmeleontidae at dyntaxa.se
Myrmeleontidae at gbif.org
Myrmeleontidae at irmng.org
Myrmeleontidae at itis.gov