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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1002
31782
192121
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
999
31760
192069
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
919
31232
189614
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Neuropterida
Aspöck, Gusenleithner & Malicky, 1999
28
255
1354
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Neuroptera
Linnaeus, 1758
And Allies, Ant lions, Ant-lions, Antlions, Lacewing
23
233
1276
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Myrmeleontiformia
Henry, 1982
7
104
347
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Myrmeleontoidea
Latreille, 1802
4
94
331
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMyrmeleontidae
Latreille, 1802
Ant lions, Ant-lions, Antlion, Antlion lacewings, Antlions
63
224
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for South America
63 Genera with 224 Species
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Abatoleon Banks, 19104SpeciesTaxom
Acanthaclisis Rambur, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Ameromyia Banks, 189414SpeciesTaxom
Araucaleon Banks, 19272SpeciesTaxom
Argentoleon Stange, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Austroleon Banks, 19205SpeciesTaxom
Balaga Navás, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Bleyeria Martins-Neto, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Blittersdorffia Martins-Neto..., 19895SpeciesTaxom
Brachynemurus Hagen, 191019SpeciesTaxom
Brasileon Miller and S..., 19892SpeciesTaxom
Caldasia Martins-Neto..., 19891SpeciesTaxom
Centroclisis Navas, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Chiloleon Navas, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Cratoalloneura Martins-Neto, 20022SpeciesTaxom
Cratoneura Martins-Neto, 19923SpeciesTaxom
Cratonympha Martins-Neto..., 19901SpeciesTaxom
Cueta Navas, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Dendroleon Brauer, 18392SpeciesTaxom
Dicholeon Navas, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Dimarella Banks, 191817SpeciesTaxom
Dimares Perty, 190810SpeciesTaxom
Ecualeon Stange, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Elachyleon Esben-Petersen, 19274SpeciesTaxom
Elicura Navas, 19113SpeciesTaxom
Ensorra Navas, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Eremoleon Banks, 191411SpeciesTaxom
Formicaleo Banks, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Galapagoleon Stange, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Glenurus Hagen, 1918Antlion6SpeciesTaxom
Grocus Navas, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Guipa Navas, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Hagenomyia Banks, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Jaffuelia Navas, 19342SpeciesTaxom
Krika Martins-Neto, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Lemolemus Navas, 19337SpeciesTaxom
Licura Navas, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Megistopus Rambur, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Millerleon Stange, 18533SpeciesTaxom
Morter Navas, 19333SpeciesTaxom
Myrmeleon Linnaeus, 1894Antlion27SpeciesTaxom
Navasoleon Banks, 201810SpeciesTaxom
Nehornius Navas, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Neteta Navas, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Neulatus Navas, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Nilcoya Navas, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Pachyleon Stange, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Palpares Rambur, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Palparidius Péringuey, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Peruveleon Miller and S..., 19152SpeciesTaxom
Porrerus Navas, 19133SpeciesTaxom
Psammoleon Banks, 19208SpeciesTaxom
Pseudonymphes Martins-Neto..., 19984SpeciesTaxom
Purenleon Stange, 20147SpeciesTaxom
Ripalda Navas, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Rovira Navas, 19272SpeciesTaxom
Sericoleon Esben-Petersen, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Sical Navas, 19343SpeciesTaxom
Stangeleon Miller, 20081SpeciesTaxom
Syngenes Kolbe, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Vella Navas, 19176SpeciesTaxom
Venezueleon Stange, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Weeleus Navas, 18531SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South America
224 Species and 5 Subspecies
Abatoleon camposi (Banks, 1908)⇒ Peruveleon camposi Banks, 1908
Abatoleon deprivatus Banks, 1924
Abatoleon dolichogaster (Navas, 1915)⇒ Peruveleon dolichogaster Navas, 1915
Abatoleon frontalis Banks, 1910
Acanthaclisis assimilis (Banks, 1908)⇒ Vella assimilis Banks, 1908
Ameromyia dimidiata Navas, 1915
Ameromyia hirsuta Navas, 1914
Ameromyia longiventris (Navas, 1917)⇒ Ameromyia hirsuta Navas, 1914
Ameromyia modesta Banks, 1943
Ameromyia muralli Navas, 1932
Ameromyia nigriventris Walker, 1860
Ameromyia pentheri Navas, 1914
Ameromyia pleuralis Navas, 1926Fringed loosestrife
Ameromyia protensa Gerstäcker, 1894
Ameromyia protensis Gerstaecker, 1894
Ameromyia pubiventris Walker, 1860
Ameromyia stevensi Navas, 1914
Ameromyia strigosa Banks, 1909
Ameromyia tendinosa Gerstaecker, 1894
Araucaleon inca Banks, 1938
Araucaleon withycombei Esben-Petersen, 1927
Argentoleon irrigatus Gerstäcker, 1894
Argentoleon longitudinalis Navas, 1914
Austroleon dispar Banks, 1909
Austroleon graphonotus (Navas, 1934)⇒ Argentoleon irrigatus Gerstäcker, 1894
Austroleon immitis Walker, 1853
Austroleon lizeri Navas, 1920Silver-rag
Balaga obscura (Navas, 1912)⇒ Myrmeleon obscurus Rambur, 1842
Bleyeria nordestina R. G. Martin..., 1992
Blittersdorffia dicotomica R. G. Martin..., 1990
Blittersdorffia pleoneura R. G. Martin..., 1989
Blittersdorffia polyplusia Martins-Neto, 1997
Blittersdorffia pulcherrima Martins-Neto..., 1997
Blittersdorffia volkheimeri R. G. Martin..., 1989
Brachynemurus abdominalis Say, 1823
Brachynemurus camposi (Banks, 1908)⇒ Peruveleon camposi Banks, 1908
Brachynemurus darwini (Stange, 1969)⇒ Galapagoleon darwini Stange, 1969
Brachynemurus deprivatus (Banks, 1924)⇒ Abatoleon deprivatus Banks, 1924
Brachynemurus dispar (Banks, 1909)⇒ Austroleon dispar Banks, 1909
Brachynemurus dolichogaster (Navas, 1915)⇒ Peruveleon dolichogaster Navas, 1915
Brachynemurus ferus (Navas, 1930)⇒ Elicura litigator Navas, 1911
Brachynemurus frontalis (Banks, 1910)⇒ Abatoleon frontalis Banks, 1910
Brachynemurus heleninus (Navas, 1932)⇒ Peruveleon camposi Banks, 1908
Brachynemurus immitis (Walker, 1853)⇒ Austroleon immitis Walker, 1853
Brachynemurus irrigatus (Gerstaecker, 1894)⇒ Argentoleon irrigatus Gerstäcker, 1894
Brachynemurus latipennis (Banks, 1922)⇒ Argentoleon irrigatus Gerstäcker, 1894
Brachynemurus lizeri (Navas, 1920)⇒ Austroleon lizeri Navas, 1920
Brachynemurus longitudinalis (Navas, 1914)⇒ Argentoleon longitudinalis Navas, 1914
Brachynemurus marganus (Navas, 1918)⇒ Elicura litigator Navas, 1911
Brachynemurus meridionalis (Banks, 1909)⇒ Argentoleon irrigatus Gerstäcker, 1894
Brachynemurus semitinctus (Navas, 1920)⇒ Austroleon dispar Banks, 1909
Brachynemurus striolatus (Navas, 1913)⇒ Peruveleon camposi Banks, 1908
Brachynemurus verticalis (Banks, 1910)⇒ Ensorra verticalis Banks, 1910
Brasileon amazonicus Stange, 1989
Brasileon pennyi Miller, 1989
Caldasia cretacea R. G. Martin..., 1989
Centroclisis brachygaster brachygaster (Rambur, 1842)⇒ Centroclisis brachygaster Rambur, 1842
Chiloleon stuardinus (Navas, 1934)⇒ Sical stuardinus Navas, 1934
Cratoalloneura acuminata R. G. Martin..., 1989
Cratoalloneura verdandia Martins-Neto, 2002
Cratoneura dividens R. G. Martin..., 1994
Cratoneura longissima R. G. Martin..., 1992
Cratoneura pulchella R. G. Martin..., 1992
Cratonympha microcelata R. G. Martin..., 1990
Cueta beckerina Navas, 1932
Dendroleon melanocoris (C.-k. Yang, 1997)⇒ Layahima elegans Banks, 1937
Dendroleon obsoletus Say, 1839Eastern Spotted-Winged Antlion
Dicholeon nigritarsis (Navas, 1920)⇒ Myrmeleon nigritarsis Navas, 1920
Dimarella (Dimarella) angusta Banks, 1908
Dimarella (Dimarella) bipunctata Navas, 1915
Dimarella (Dimarella) bolivarensis Stange, 1989
Dimarella (Dimarella) cauta Walker, 1853
Dimarella (Dimarella) effera Walker, 1853
Dimarella (Dimarella) garciai Navas, 1932Black butterfish
Dimarella (Dimarella) guarica Stange, 1989
Dimarella (Dimarella) praedator Walker, 1853
Dimarella (Dimarella) riparia Navas, 1918
Dimarella (Dimarella) tarsalis Guilding, 1833
Dimarella (Dimarella) zulia Miller, 1989
Dimarella (Pachyleon) alvarengai Stange, 1970
Dimarella (Pachyleon) blohmi Stange, 1989
Dimarella campestris (Navas, 1930)⇒ Dimarella angusta Banks, 1908
Dimarella martinsi (Navas, 1915)⇒ Dimarella praedator Walker, 1853
Dimarella silvatica (Navas, 1918)⇒ Dimarella praedator Walker, 1853
Dimares amoenus (Navas, 1913)⇒ Millerleon bellulus Banks, 1908
Dimares bellulus (Banks, 1908)⇒ Millerleon bellulus Banks, 1908
Dimares decorus (Navas, 1913)⇒ Millerleon subdolus Walker, 1853
Dimares elegans Perty, 1833
Dimares formosus (Banks, 1908)⇒ Millerleon subdolus Walker, 1853
Dimares formosus formosus
Dimares formosus punanus (Navas, 1933)⇒ Millerleon subdolus Walker, 1853
Dimares nummatus (Navas, 1912)⇒ Millerleon subdolus Walker, 1853
Dimares pretiosus (Banks, 1909)⇒ Millerleon pretiosus Banks, 1909
Dimares venustus (Banks, 1908)⇒ Millerleon subdolus Walker, 1853
Ecualeon ovispargus Stange, 1994
Elachyleon gentilis Banks, 1943
Elachyleon paessleri (Esben-Petersen, 1933)⇒ Sericoleon paessleri Esben-Petersen, 1933
Elachyleon punctipennis Esben-Petersen, 1927
Elachyleon serranus (Navas, 1927)⇒ Rovira serranus Navas, 1927
Elicura iniqua Navas, 1919
Elicura justa Navas, 1923
Elicura litigator Navas, 1911
Ensorra verticalis Banks, 1910
Eremoleon anomalus Rambur, 1842
Eremoleon capitatus Navas, 1913
Eremoleon conspicuus (Navas, 1914)⇒ Eremoleon capitatus Navas, 1913
Eremoleon femoralis Banks, 1942
Eremoleon impluviatus Gerstäcker, 1894
Eremoleon petersensi Banks, 1922
Eremoleon psilocerus (Gerstaecker, 1894)⇒ Eremoleon anomalus Rambur, 1842
Eremoleon pulcher Esben-Petersen, 1933Dogtooth tuna
Eremoleon pulchra Esben-Petersen, 1933
Eremoleon punctipennis Banks, 1910
Eremoleon triguttatus Navas, 1914
Formicaleo ephemerinus (Gerstaecker, 1894)⇒ Austroleon immitis Walker, 1853
Galapagoleon darwini Stange, 1969Gulf butterfish
Glenurus brasiliensis (Navas, 1920)⇒ Glenurus peculiaris Walker, 1860
Glenurus croesus Banks, 1922Freckled driftfish
Glenurus heteropteryx Gerstäcker, 1885
Glenurus incalis Banks, 1922Freckled driftfish
Glenurus peculiaris Walker, 1860
Glenurus penningtoni Navas, 1918
Grocus camposi (Navas, 1935)⇒ Myrmeleon timidus Gerstäcker, 1888
Guipa columbiana (Navas, 1927)⇒ Austroleon immitis Walker, 1853
Hagenomyia dolosa (Walker, 1853)⇒ Myrmeleon dolosus Walker, 1853
Jaffuelia chilensis Navas, 1918
Jaffuelia porterina Navas, 1934
Krika pilosa R. G. Martin..., 1992
Lemolemus ferus Navas, 1918
Lemolemus iniquus (Navas, 1919)⇒ Elicura iniqua Navas, 1919
Lemolemus justus (Navas, 1923)⇒ Elicura justa Navas, 1923
Lemolemus modestus Blanchard, 1851
Lemolemus necator (Navas, 1911)⇒ Lemolemus modestus Blanchard, 1851
Lemolemus porteri Navas, 1924
Lemolemus solers (Navas, 1933)⇒ Elicura iniqua Navas, 1919
Licura ferus (Navas, 1918)⇒ Lemolemus ferus Navas, 1918
Megistopus flavicornis Rossi, 1790
Millerleon bellulus Banks, 1908
Millerleon pretiosus Banks, 1909
Millerleon subdolus Walker, 1853
Morter aricensis (Navas, 1933)⇒ Myrmeleon timidus Gerstäcker, 1888
Morter ferrosus (Navas, 1924)⇒ Myrmeleon pallidipes Banks, 1920
Morter peruanus (Navas, 1933)⇒ Myrmeleon timidus Gerstäcker, 1888
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) ambiens Navas, 1912
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) argentinus Banks, 1910
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) arizonicus Banks, 1943
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) brasiliensis Navas, 1914
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) exitialis Walker, 1853Curtiss' milkweed
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) homsi Navas, 1913
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) immaculatus Morton, 1921
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) insertus Hagen, 1861Heterosporous ferns
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) januarius Navas, 1916Sublette fairy shrimp
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) metuendus Walker, 1853Curtiss' milkweed
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) mexicanus Banks, 1903
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) nigratus Navas, 1918
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) nigritarsis Navas, 1920Silver-rag
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) pallidipes Banks, 1920
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) pertyi Navas, 1912
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) sticticus (Blanchard, 1845)⇒ Neuroleon egenus Navas, 1914
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) timidus Gerstäcker, 1888Black ruffs
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) uniformis Navas, 1920Atlantic white marlin
Myrmeleon (Nehornius) dolosus Walker, 1853Curtiss' milkweed
Myrmeleon (Nehornius) fischeri Navas, 1933
Myrmeleon (Nehornius) obscurus Rambur, 1842Wittmann's milkvetch
Myrmeleon conicollis (Walker, 1860)⇒ Dimares elegans Perty, 1833
Myrmeleon incompletus (Banks, 1920)⇒ Myrmeleon timidus Gerstäcker, 1888
Myrmeleon perpilosus (Banks, 1924)⇒ Myrmeleon timidus Gerstäcker, 1888
Myrmeleon protensus (Gerstaecker, 1894)⇒ Ameromyia protensa Gerstäcker, 1894
Myrmeleon subdolus (Walker, 1853)⇒ Millerleon subdolus Walker, 1853
Myrmeleon tendinosus (Gerstaecker, 1894)⇒ Ameromyia tendinosa Gerstaecker, 1894
Navasoleon bolivianus Banks, 1920
Navasoleon bosqi Navas, 1922Northern bluefin tuna
Navasoleon brasiliensis Miller, 2018
Navasoleon egeri Stange, 2018
Navasoleon leptocerus Navas, 1915
Navasoleon lithophilus Miller, 2018
Navasoleon lotti Stange, 2018
Navasoleon tarsalis Miller, 2018
Navasoleon venezolanus Stange, 2018
Nehornius fischeri (Navas, 1933)⇒ Myrmeleon fischeri Navas, 1933
Nehornius obscurus (Navas, 1912)⇒ Myrmeleon obscurus Rambur, 1842
Neteta barrosi (Navas, 1934)⇒ Sical barrosi Navas, 1934
Neulatus porteri Brèthes, 1908
Nilcoya dealbatus (Navas, 1911)⇒ Neulatus porteri Brèthes, 1908
Pachyleon alvarengai (Stange, 1970)⇒ Dimarella alvarengai Stange, 1970
Palpares speciosus Linnaeus, 1758
Palparidius nycterinus (Navas, 1913)⇒ Palparidius capicola Péringuey, 1910
Peruveleon camposi Banks, 1908
Peruveleon dolichogaster Navas, 1915
Porrerus dealbatus Navas, 1932Black butterfish
Porrerus famelicus Navas, 1913
Psammoleon bipunctatus (Navas, 1915)⇒ Dimarella bipunctata Navas, 1915
Psammoleon cautus (Walker, 1853)⇒ Dimarella cauta Walker, 1853
Psammoleon clavatus (Navas, 1914)⇒ Purenleon clavatus Navas, 1914
Psammoleon debilis (Gerstaecker, 1894)⇒ Purenleon debilis Gerstäcker, 1894
Psammoleon nubipennis (Navas, 1917)⇒ Purenleon nubipennis Navas, 1917
Psammoleon parvulus (Banks, 1920)⇒ Purenleon clavatus Navas, 1914
Psammoleon posticatus (Banks, 1941)⇒ Purenleon parallelus Banks, 1935
Psammoleon serrei (Navas, 1920)⇒ Purenleon clavatus Navas, 1914
Pseudonymphes araripensis R. G. Martin..., 1989
Pseudonymphes brunherottae R. G. Martin..., 1994
Pseudonymphes ponomarenkoi R. G. Martin..., 1992
Pseudonymphes zambonii Martins-Neto, 1998
Purenleon andinus Miller & Stange, 2014
Purenleon clavatus Navas, 1914
Purenleon debilis Gerstäcker, 1894
Purenleon fernandezi Miller & Stange, 2014
Purenleon nubipennis Navas, 1917
Purenleon parallelus Banks, 1935
Purenleon tibialis Miller & Stange, 2014
Ripalda insignis Rambur, 1842
Rovira punctatus Navas, 1914
Rovira serranus Navas, 1927Whario
Sericoleon paessleri Esben-Petersen, 1933Bream
Sical barrosi Navas, 1934
Sical peralinus Navas, 1928
Sical stuardinus Navas, 1934
Stangeleon longipalpus Miller, 2008Plain bonito
Syngenes dolichocercus Navas, 1914
Vella assimilis Banks, 1908
Vella eggerti Esben-Petersen, 1928
Vella fallax Rambur, 1842
Vella fallax fallax Rambur, 1842
Vella fallax texana Hagen, 1887
Vella flaccida Navas, 1917
Venezueleon guaricus Stange, 1994
Weeleus acutus Walker, 1853

Subnodes of Myrmeleontidae with occurrences in South America
SubfamilyGlenurinae
Banks, 1927
1
8
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMyrmeleontinae
Latreille, 1802
39
171
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPalparinae
Banks, 1912
4
13
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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