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.[2][3]
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Nannoleon michaelseni | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Neuroptera |
Family: | Myrmeleontidae |
Subfamily: | Dendroleontinae |
Tribe: | Dendroleontini |
Genus: | Nannoleon Esben-Petersen, 1928[1] |
Species: | N. michaelseni
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Binomial name | |
Nannoleon michaelseni Esben-Petersen, 1928
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References
edit- ^ Esben-Petersen, P. (1928). "Neuroptera Planipennia". In Michaelsen, J. W. (ed.). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Land- und Süsswasserfauna Deutsch-Südwestafrikas, Ergebnisse der Hamburger Deutsch-Südwestafrikanischen Studienreise 1911. Vol. 2. Hamburg: Friederichsen and Co. p. 212.
- ^ "Genus Nannoleon (Esben- Petersen, 1928), Taxonomy". insectoid.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "Reclassification of the New World antlion genera formerly included in the tribe Brachynemurini". unl.edu. Gainesville, Florida: Center for Systematic Entomology. March 1994. pp. 67–119. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
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