Vella fallax is a species of antlion in the family Myrmeleontidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Neuroptera |
Family: | Myrmeleontidae |
Genus: | Vella |
Species: | V. fallax
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Binomial name | |
Vella fallax (Rambur, 1842)
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Subspecies
editThese two subspecies belong to the species Vella fallax:
- Vella fallax fallax (Rambur, 1842)
- Vella fallax texana (Hagen, 1887)
Gallery
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V. fallax fallax collected in Nicaragua
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V. fallax texana in Arizona
References
edit- ^ "Vella fallax Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Vella fallax". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Vella fallax species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading
edit- Stange, Lionel A. (2010). "Preliminary report on the Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera) of Paraguay". Insecta Mundi (0114): 1–14. ISSN 1942-1354.
- Penny, Norman D.; Adans, Phillip A.; Stange, Lionel A. (1997). "Species catalog of the Neuroptera, Megaloptera and Raphidioptera of America north of Mexico". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Fourth Series. 50: 39–114.