Ululodes

Ululodes
Ululodes mexicanus in hunting posture
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Neuroptera
Family:	Ascalaphidae
Subfamily:	Ululodinae
Genus:	Ululodes Currie, 1900
Species
26 species (see text)

Ululodes is a genus of owlflies in the tribe Ululodini. There are at least 27 described species in Ululodes. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Characteristics

Ululodes is characterized by wings that are yellow to red in color, and very dark and visible veins. They have two antennae that are around 21 millimetres (0.83 in) in length. The rest of the body is yellow in color as well, although some variations have observed a dark brown color. ^[7]

Species

As of 2024 the genus contains: ^[8]

• Ululodes apollinaris Navás, 1927
• Ululodes arizonensis Banks, 1907
• Ululodes banksi van der Weele, 1909
• Ululodes bicolor (Banks, 1895)
• Ululodes brachycerus Navás, 1918
• Ululodes cajennensis (Fabricius, 1787)
  • U. c. cajennensis(Fabricius, 1787)
  • U. c. nanusNavás, 1911
• Ululodes chiricahuensis Jones and Jensen, 2024
• Ululodes costanus Navás, 1914
• Ululodes flavistigma Banks, 1908
• Ululodes floridanus (Banks, 1906)
• Ululodes heterocerus Navás, 1915
• Ululodes macleayanus (Guilding, 1823)
  • U. m. macleayanus(Guilding, 1823)
  • U. m. sanctaeluciaevan der Weele, 1909
• Ululodes mexicanus (McLachlan, 1871)
• Ululodes nigripes Banks, 1943
• Ululodes oppositus Banks, 1938
• † Ululodes paleonesius Engel & Grimaldi, 2007 (extinct)
• Ululodes pilosus van der Weele, 1909
• Ululodes quadripunctatus (Burmeister, 1839)
• Ululodes roseni Navás, 1911
• Ululodes sanctidomingi van der Weele, 1909
• Ululodes sinuatus Banks, 1924
• Ululodes smithi Banks, 1938
• Ululodes subvertens (Walker, 1853)
• Ululodes tuberculatus (Banks, 1901)
• Ululodes vetulus (Rambur, 1842)
• Ululodes villosus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1807)
• Ululodes walkeri van der Weele, 1909

References

1. Jones, J. R. (2019). "Total-evidence phylogeny of the owlflies (Neuroptera, Ascalaphidae) supports a new higher-level classification". Zoologica Scripta. 48 (6): 761–782. doi: 10.1111/syen.12334 .
2. Machado, R. J. P.; Gillung, J. P.; Winterton, S. L.; Garzon-Orduña, I. J.; Lemmon, A. R.; Lemmon, E. M.; Oswald, J. D. (2018). "Owlflies are derived antlions: Anchored phylogenomics supports a new phylogeny and classification of Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera)". Systematic Entomology. 44 (2): 418–450. doi: 10.1111/syen.12334 .
3. "Ululodes Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
4. Oswald, John D. (2007). "Genus Ululodes". Neuropterida Species of the World. Version 2.0. Texas A&M University. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
5. "Ululodes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
6. "Ululodes Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
7. Heckman, Charles (2017). Neuroptera (Including Megaloptera). Springer International Publishing. p. 221. ISBN   9783319351254.
8. Jones, J. R.; Johnson, S.; Jensen, J. B. (2024). "A new species of Ululodes owlfly (Ascalaphidae: Ululodinae) from Cave Creek Canyon in the Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona". American Museum Novitates (4010): 1–31. doi: 10.1206/4010.1 .

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0-8493-0212-1.

External links

• Media related to Ululodes at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Ululodes at Wikispecies