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Euroleon Esben-Petersen 1918

Description

Euroleon Esben-Petersen, 1918

Euroleon Esben-Petersen, 1918: 125. Type species: Myrmeleon europaeus McLachlan, by original designation. Krivokhatsky, 1994: 49 -61. [Biology and key to larvae];

Formicaleo Geoffroy in Fourcroy 1785: 360. Type species: Myrmeleon nostras Geoffroy in Fourcroy, by monotype; Synonymized by Leraut 1980: 240.

Formicileo Agassiz 1847: 156; Synonymized by Leraut 1980: 240 (unjustified emendation of Formicaleo).

Teula Navás 1930: 5. Type species: Teula sinica Navás, by monotype. Synonymized by Hölzel 1970: 128.

Diagnosis. Costal area with a single row of cells, some cross veins mainly near stigma with a small fork; forewing CuA2 running parallel along CuP+1A for considerable distance; large black spots on vertex. Distribution. Asia; Europe

Notes

Published as part of Ao, Weiguang, Zhang, Xubo, Ábrahám, Levente & Wang, Xili, 2009, A new species of the antlion genus Euroleon Esben-Petersen from China (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae), pp. 53-56 in Zootaxa 2303 on page 53, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.275322

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Myrmeleontidae
Genus
Euroleon
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Neuroptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Esben-Petersen
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Euroleon Esben-Petersen, 1918 sec. Ao, Zhang, Ábrahám & Wang, 2009

References

  • Esben-Petersen, P. (1918) Help-notes towards the determination and the classification of the European Myrmeleonidae. Entomologiske Meddelelser, 12, 97 - 127.
  • Krivokhatsky, V. A. (1994) Antlion Larvae of the genus Euroleon E. - P. (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae [in Russian]. Proceedings of the Kharkov Entomological Society 2: 49 - 61.
  • Geoffroy in Fourcroy, A. F. de (1785) Entomologia Parisiensis; sive catalogus insectorum, quae in agro Parisiensi reperiuntur, Paris, 544 pp.
  • Leraut, P. (1980) Liste des Planipennes de France (Neuroptera). Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France, 85, 237 - 253.
  • Agassiz, J. L. R. (1847) Nomenclator Zoologicus (index universalis) continens nomina systematica generum animalum tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum unicum disposita, adjectis homonymis plantarum, nec non variis adnotationibus et emendationbus. Soloduri: Jent et Grassman, Fasciculus 1 - 12, [viii] + 393 pp.
  • Navas, L. (1930) Insectos del Museo de Paris. 5. a serie. Broteria (Serie Zoologica), 26, 5 - 24.
  • Holzel, H. (1970) Ergebnisse der zoologischen Forschungen von Dr. Z. Kaszab in der Mongolei. 222. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Myrmeleoniden der Mongolei (Neuroptera-Planipennia). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientarum Hungaticae, 16, 115 - 136.