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Checklist of Family Myrmeleontidae Latreille, 1802 (Ant lions)
for Tanzania (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
515
7763
24724
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
512
7759
24718
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
493
7662
24448
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Neuropterida
Aspöck, Gusenleithner & Malicky, 1999
8
42
68
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Neuroptera
Linnaeus, 1758
And Allies, Ant lions, Ant-lions, Antlions, Lacewing
7
41
67
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Myrmeleontiformia
Henry, 1982
4
26
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Myrmeleontoidea
Latreille, 1802
2
24
41
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMyrmeleontidae
Latreille, 1802
Ant lions, Ant-lions, Antlion, Antlion lacewings, Antlions
18
34
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tanzania
18 Genera with 34 Species
Bankisus Navas, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Banyutus Navas, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Centroclisis Navas, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Creoleon Tillyard, 18972SpeciesTaxom
Cueta Navas, 19145SpeciesTaxom
Cymothales Gerstaecker, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Distoleon Banks, 19312SpeciesTaxom
Gymnoleon Banks, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Hagenomyia Banks, 18533SpeciesTaxom
Macronemurus Costa, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Myrmeleon Linnaeus, 1842Antlion3SpeciesTaxom
Nemoleon Navas, 18423SpeciesTaxom
Neuroleon Navas, 18972SpeciesTaxom
Nosa Navas, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Obus Navas, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Palpares Rambur, 19126SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopalpares Insom & Carfi, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Syngenes Kolbe, 20182SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tanzania
34 Species and 1 Subspecies
Bankisus oculatus Navas, 1912
Banyutus lethalis Walker, 1853
Banyutus roseostigma Navas, 1914
Centroclisis brachygaster Rambur, 1842
Centroclisis brachygaster brachygaster (Rambur, 1842)⇒ Centroclisis brachygaster Rambur, 1842
Creoleon mortifer Walker, 1853
Creoleon nubifer Kolbe, 1897
Cueta divisa Navas, 1912
Cueta klugi (Hölzel, 1982)⇒ Cueta divisa Navas, 1912
Cueta mysteriosa Gerstäcker, 1894
Cueta secreta Navas, 1914
Cymothales bouvieri van der Weele, 1907
Distoleon guttatus Navas, 1931
Gymnoleon elizabethae (Banks, 1911)⇒ Obus elizabethae Banks, 1911
Gymnoleon exilis Banks, 1911
Hagenomyia lethifer
Hagenomyia lethifera (Walker, 1853)⇒ Myrmeleon lethifer Walker, 1853
Hagenomyia tristis Walker, 1853
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) lethifer (Walker, 1853)⇒ Hagenomyia lethifer
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) quinquemaculatus Hagen, 1853
Myrmeleon (Nehornius) obscurus Rambur, 1842Wittmann's milkvetch
Nemoleon alcidice (Banks, 1911)⇒ Nemoleon notatus Rambur, 1842
Nemoleon notatus Rambur, 1842
Neuroleon (Neuroleon) guttatus Navas, 1914
Neuroleon (Neuroleon) lepidus Kolbe, 1897
Nosa tristis Hagen, 1853
Obus elizabethae Banks, 1911
Palpares papilionoides Klug, 1834
Palpares sobrinus Péringuey, 1911
Palpares sparsus (McLachlan, 1867)⇒ Palpares sobrinus Péringuey, 1911
Palpares torridus Navas, 1912
Palpares tristis (Stitz, 1912)⇒ Palpares papilionoides Klug, 1834
Pseudopalpares sparsus McLachlan, 1867
Syngenes longicornis Rambur, 1842
Syngenes medialis Mansell, 2018

Subnodes of Myrmeleontidae with occurrences in Tanzania
SubfamilyMyrmeleontinae
Latreille, 1802
15
27
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPalparinae
Banks, 1912
3
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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