Neuroleon

Neuroleon
Neuroleon lepidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Suborder: Myrmeleontiformia
Superfamily: Myrmeleontoidea
Family: Myrmeleontidae
Subfamily: Myrmeleontinae
Tribe: Nemoleontini
Genus: Neuroleon
Navas, 1909
Neuroleon sansibaricus type specimen from the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology

Neuroleon is a large and complex genus of antlions in the family Myrmeleontidae. There are more than 150 described species from Europe, Asia and Africa, and there are many undescribed taxa. Where the biology of the larvae is known, they live freely in sand or in sheltered rock crevices.[1][2]

Species

Species list from Catalogue of Life:[3]

References

  1. Mansell, Mervyn. "LacewingMAP record no. 9820". vmus.adu.org.za. Animal Demography Unit. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  2. "Neuroleon - Taxonomy". insectoid.info. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  3. Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. "Catalogue of Life - 2011 Annual Checklist". www.catalogueoflife.org. Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.


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