Brachynemurinae | |
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Brachynemurus nebulosus female | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Neuroptera |
Family: | Myrmeleontidae |
Subfamily: | Brachynemurinae Banks, 1927 |
The Brachynemurinae are a subfamily of ant-lions, erected by Nathan Banks in 1927. [1]
Some authorities place genera elsewhere (such as the Myrmeleontinae) but BioLib [2] includes three tribes, with the following genera:
Authority: Banks, 1927
Authority: Stange, 1994
Authority: Stange, 1994
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