| Palpares | |
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| Palpares libelluloides | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Family: | Ascalaphidae |
| Subfamily: | Ascalaphinae |
| Tribe: | Palparini |
| Genus: | Palpares Rambur, 1842 |
| Species | |
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Palpares is an antlion genus in the Myrmeleontidae family.
The insect order Neuroptera, or net-winged insects, includes the lacewings, mantidflies, antlions, and their relatives. The order consists of some 6,000 species. Neuroptera is grouped together with the Megaloptera and Raphidioptera (snakeflies) in the unranked taxon Neuropterida.
The antlions are a group of about 2,000 species of insect in the neuropteran family Myrmeleontidae. They are known for the predatory habits of their larvae, which mostly dig pits to trap passing ants or other prey. In North America, the larvae are sometimes referred to as doodlebugs because of the marks they leave in the sand. The adult insects are less well known due to their relatively short lifespans compared to the larvae. Adults, sometimes known as antlion lacewings, mostly fly at dusk or after dark and may be mistakenly identified as dragonflies or damselflies.
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, for example, the rock dove, which now occurs in most urban areas across the world, is said to exhibit cosmopolitan range or cosmopolitanism.
The Brachyceran family Vermileonidae is a small family of uncertain affinities and unusual biology. It includes fewer than 80 described species, most of them rare and with restricted distribution, in 10 genera. Historically the vermileonids had been regarded as belonging to the family Rhagionidae, possibly in a subfamily Vermileoninae. Their biology and morphology are so markedly distinct from the main Rhagionidae sensu stricto however, that the placement as a separate family has been widely accepted.
Ascalaphidae is a family of insects in the order Neuroptera, commonly called owlflies; there are some 450 extant species. They are fast-flying crepuscular or diurnal predators of other flying insects, and have large bulging eyes and strongly knobbed antennae. The larvae are ambush predators; some of them make use of self-decoration camouflage.
Psychopsidae is a family of winged insects of the order Neuroptera. They are commonly called silky lacewings.
Palpares libelluloides is a species of antlion in the genus Palpares belonging to the family Myrmeleontidae. It is found across Southern Europe.
Euroleon is an antlion genus in the family Myrmeleontidae.
Myrmeleontiformia is an insect clade in the order Neuroptera, and which was historically treated as a suborder. The phylogeny of the Neuroptera has been explored using mitochondrial DNA sequences, and while issues remain for the order as a whole, such as "Hemerobiiformia" being paraphyletic, Myrmeleontiformia is generally agreed to be monophyletic, with one study giving the following cladogram:
Palpares caffer is a species of antlions in the family Myrmeleontidae, which is native to southern Africa. It was described by Hermann Burmeister in 1839.
Creoleon is a genus of antlions in the subfamily Myrmeleontinae. It is an extant genus but there is at least one fossil species.
Nannoleon is a genus of antlions in the insect family Myrmeleontidae in the order Neuroptera. It comprises a single species, Nannoleon michaelseni, which is found in Namibia and South Africa.
Glenurus is a genus of antlions in the family Myrmeleontidae. There are about 12 described species in Glenurus.
Vella is a genus of antlions in the family Myrmeleontidae. There are about five described species in Vella.
Euptilon is a genus of antlions in the family Myrmeleontidae. There are about five described species in Euptilon.
Maula is a genus of antlions found in Africa, containing the single species, Maula stigmatus, described in 1912. This genus is classified in the tribe Palparini.
Stilbopteryx is a genus of antlions belonging to the family Myrmeleontidae.
Newleon is a genus of cave-dwelling antlions, that is, the genus belongs to the family Myrmeleontidae.
Froggattisca is a genus of cave-dwelling antlions, that is, the genus belongs to the family Myrmeleontidae.
Heoclisis is a genus of cave-dwelling antlions, that is, insects in the family Myrmeleontidae.
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