Myrmeleontidae
Also known as: Ameisenjungfern, Ant-lions, Antlion, Antlions, Antlions and Owlflies, Formicaleone, Formicaleoni, Formigas-leão
Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Neuroptera |
| Family | Myrmeleontidae |
| Genera | 220 |
| Species records held | 1795 |
| Descendant taxa (GBIF) | 2383 |
| GBIF key | 5471 |
Genera in Myrmeleontidae
- Myrmeleon — 196 species: Myrmeleon acer, Myrmeleon albivenosus, Myrmeleon alcestris, Myrmeleon alluaudi, Myrmeleon almohadarum, Myrmeleon alternans, Myrmeleon alticolus, Myrmeleon ambiens
- Distoleon — 117 species: Distoleon alcione, Distoleon alicia, Distoleon angustus, Distoleon annulatus, Distoleon aridus, Distoleon asiricus, Distoleon bakeri, Distoleon binatus
- Neuroleon — 117 species: Neuroleon adspersus, Neuroleon aegaeus, Neuroleon aguilari, Neuroleon alexandrei, Neuroleon amseli, Neuroleon antii, Neuroleon apicalis, Neuroleon arenarius
- Cueta — 73 species: Cueta abdominalis, Cueta acuta, Cueta aliena, Cueta amseli, Cueta angulensis, Cueta anomala, Cueta apicalis, Cueta asirica
- Myrmecaelurus — 73 species: Myrmecaelurus acerbus, Myrmecaelurus adustus, Myrmecaelurus aequalis, Myrmecaelurus afghanus, Myrmecaelurus agrammus, Myrmecaelurus andreinii, Myrmecaelurus armenicus, Myrmecaelurus atomarius
- Palpares — 68 species: Palpares abyssinicus, Palpares adspersus, Palpares aegrotus, Palpares aeschnoides, Palpares alexanderi, Palpares alopecinus, Palpares amitinus, Palpares angustus
- Creoleon — 54 species: Creoleon aegyptiacus, Creoleon afer, Creoleon africanus, Creoleon cecconinus, Creoleon cervinus, Creoleon chappuisi, Creoleon cinerascens, Creoleon cinnamomeus
- Bandidus — 45 species: Bandidus abditus, Bandidus aeratus, Bandidus amarillus, Bandidus antestriatus, Bandidus apicalis, Bandidus barradalensis, Bandidus barradelensis, Bandidus brandti
- Centroclisis — 40 species: Centroclisis adnexa, Centroclisis aostae, Centroclisis bandrensis, Centroclisis benadirensis, Centroclisis brachygaster, Centroclisis cervina, Centroclisis distincta, Centroclisis dyscola
- Solter — 37 species: Solter alienus, Solter ardens, Solter bouyeri, Solter buettikeri, Solter dogon, Solter dubiosus, Solter durus, Solter felderi
- Eremoleon — 36 species: Eremoleon adonis, Eremoleon anomalus, Eremoleon attenuatus, Eremoleon capitatus, Eremoleon cerverai, Eremoleon cerverinus, Eremoleon dodsoni, Eremoleon dunklei
- Glenoleon — 33 species: Glenoleon annulatus, Glenoleon aurora, Glenoleon banksi, Glenoleon berthoudi, Glenoleon brevigonarchus, Glenoleon brevigonarcus, Glenoleon cahillensis, Glenoleon conspersus
- Macronemurus — 30 species: Macronemurus appendiculatus, Macronemurus bilineatus, Macronemurus caudatus, Macronemurus delicatulus, Macronemurus elegantulus, Macronemurus euanthe, Macronemurus farsensis, Macronemurus fictus
- Purenleon — 30 species: Purenleon abruptus, Purenleon adamsi, Purenleon albovarius, Purenleon andinus, Purenleon apache, Purenleon aztecus, Purenleon bistictus, Purenleon cautus
- Scotoleon — 24 species: Scotoleon carrizonus, Scotoleon deflexus, Scotoleon digueti, Scotoleon dissimilis, Scotoleon eiseni, Scotoleon expansus, Scotoleon fidelitas, Scotoleon infuscatus
- Austrogymnocnemia — 22 species: Austrogymnocnemia arcuata, Austrogymnocnemia bipunctata, Austrogymnocnemia cardaleae, Austrogymnocnemia ceciliae, Austrogymnocnemia diehli, Austrogymnocnemia edwardsi, Austrogymnocnemia emmae, Austrogymnocnemia forcipata
- Cymothales — 22 species: Cymothales bouvieri, Cymothales capensis, Cymothales congolensis, Cymothales cybele, Cymothales delicatus, Cymothales dulcis, Cymothales eccentros, Cymothales exilis
- Dendroleon — 22 species: Dendroleon amabilis, Dendroleon callipterus, Dendroleon dumigani, Dendroleon esbenpeterseni, Dendroleon falcatus, Dendroleon javanus, Dendroleon kiungaensis, Dendroleon koongarrensis
- Nemoleon — 22 species: Nemoleon becqueti, Nemoleon callidus, Nemoleon filiformis, Nemoleon iolanthe, Nemoleon kituanus, Nemoleon lentus, Nemoleon lovenius, Nemoleon macilentus
- Brachynemurus — 21 species: Brachynemurus abdominalis, Brachynemurus blandus, Brachynemurus californicus, Brachynemurus carolinus, Brachynemurus divisus, Brachynemurus elongatus, Brachynemurus exiguus, Brachynemurus ferox
- Dimarella — 18 species: Dimarella alvarengai, Dimarella angusta, Dimarella bipunctata, Dimarella blohmi, Dimarella bolivarensis, Dimarella cauta, Dimarella effera, Dimarella garciai
- Banyutus — 17 species: Banyutus acutus, Banyutus elisabethanus, Banyutus feai, Banyutus hesione, Banyutus horridus, Banyutus idoneus, Banyutus insidiosus, Banyutus lethalis
- Ameromyia — 14 species: Ameromyia clepsydra, Ameromyia dimidiata, Ameromyia explicata, Ameromyia hirsuta, Ameromyia modesta, Ameromyia muralli, Ameromyia nigriventris, Ameromyia pentheri
- Epacanthaclisis — 14 species: Epacanthaclisis alaica, Epacanthaclisis amydrovittata, Epacanthaclisis banksi, Epacanthaclisis batangana, Epacanthaclisis continentalis, Epacanthaclisis hamata, Epacanthaclisis kuldurguch, Epacanthaclisis maculata
- Baliga — 12 species:
- Glenurus — 12 species:
- Hagenomyia — 12 species:
- Palparellus — 12 species:
- Paraglenurus — 12 species:
- Syngenes — 12 species:
- Gatzara — 11 species:
- Navasoleon — 11 species:
- Delfimeus — 10 species:
- Geyria — 10 species:
- Heoclisis — 10 species:
- Xantholeon — 10 species:
- Escura — 9 species:
- Froggattisca — 9 species:
- Ganguilus — 9 species:
- Iranoleon — 9 species:
- Mesonemurus — 9 species:
- Pseudoformicaleo — 9 species:
- Stenares — 9 species:
- Bankisus — 8 species:
- Gepus — 8 species:
- Gymnoleon — 8 species:
- Indoleon — 8 species:
- Protoplectron — 8 species:
- Layahima — 7 species:
- Lopezus — 7 species:
- Parapalpares — 7 species:
- Stilbopteryx — 7 species:
- Acanthaclisis — 6 species:
- Cosina — 6 species:
- Crambomorphus — 6 species:
- Euroleon — 6 species:
- Megagonoleon — 6 species:
- Mossega — 6 species:
- Pamexis — 6 species:
- Subgulina — 6 species:
- Araripeneura — 5 species:
- Blittersdorffia — 5 species:
- Clathroneuria — 5 species:
- Cratoneura — 5 species:
- Dejuna — 5 species:
- Euptilon — 5 species:
- Fadrina — 5 species:
- Jaya — 5 species:
- Maracandula — 5 species:
- Paranthaclisis — 5 species:
- Peruveleon — 5 species:
- Riekoleon — 5 species:
- Tomatares — 5 species:
- Vella — 5 species:
- Visca — 5 species:
- Chaetoleon — 4 species:
- Echthromyrmex — 4 species:
- Goniocercus — 4 species:
- Nedroledon — 4 species:
- Obus — 4 species:
- Pamares — 4 species:
- Periclystus — 4 species:
- Pseudonymphes — 4 species:
- Quinemurus — 4 species:
- Synclisis — 4 species:
- Abatoleon — 3 species:
- Aeropteryx — 3 species:
- Annulares — 3 species:
- Austroleon — 3 species:
- Bullanga — 3 species:
- Capicua — 3 species:
- Distoplectron — 3 species:
- Elicura — 3 species:
- Eophanes — 3 species:
- Gnopholeon — 3 species:
- Gymnocnemia — 3 species:
- Isoleon — 3 species:
- Lachlathetes — 3 species:
- Lemolemus — 3 species:
- Millerleon — 3 species:
- Mongoleon — 3 species:
- Nesoleon — 3 species:
- Nophis — 3 species:
- Nuglerus — 3 species:
- Palparidius — 3 species:
- Porrerus — 3 species:
- Sical — 3 species:
- Speleon — 3 species:
- Stenogymnocnemia — 3 species:
- Stenoleon — 3 species:
- Tricholeon — 3 species:
- Acanthoplectron — 2 species:
- Acratoleon — 2 species:
- Araucaleon — 2 species:
- Argentoleon — 2 species:
- Atricholeon — 2 species:
- Australeon — 2 species:
- Brasileon — 2 species:
- Caririneura — 2 species:
- Ceratoleon — 2 species:
Showing the 120 genera with the most species records held.
Source and Attribution
Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.