The Brachynemurinae are a subfamily of ant-lions, erected by Nathan Banks in 1927.[1]

Brachynemurinae
Brachynemurus nebulosus female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Family: Myrmeleontidae
Subfamily: Brachynemurinae
Banks, 1927

Tribes and genera edit

Some authorities place genera elsewhere (such as the Myrmeleontinae) but BioLib[2] includes three tribes, with the following genera:

Brachynemurini edit

Authority: Banks, 1927

  1. Abatoleon Banks, 1924
  2. Ameromyia Banks, 1913
  3. Argentoleon Stange, 1994
  4. Atricholeon Stange, 1994
  5. Australeon Miller & Stange, 2012
  6. Brachynemurus Hagen, 1889 - type genus
  7. Chaetoleon Banks, 1920
  8. Clathroneuria Banks, 1913
  9. Dejuna Navás, 1924
  10. Dejunaleon Miller & Stange, 2017
  11. Enrera Navás, 1915
  12. Ensorra Navás, 1915
  13. Mexoleon Stange, 1994
  14. Peruveleon Miller & Stange, 2011
  15. Scotoleon Banks, 1913
  16. Stangeleon Miller, 2008
  17. Venezueleon Stange, 1994

Gnopholeontini edit

Authority: Stange, 1994

  1. Gnopholeon Stange, 1970
  2. Maracandula Currie, 1901
  3. Menkeleon Stange, 1970
  4. Tyttholeon Adams, 1957

Lemolemini edit

Authority: Stange, 1994

  1. Ecualeon Stange, 1994
  2. Elicura Navás, 1911
  3. Galapagoleon Stange, 1994
  4. Jaffuelia Navás, 1918
  5. Lemolemus Navás, 1911
  6. Neulatus Navás, 1912
  7. Sical Navás, 1928

References edit

  1. ^ Banks N (1927) Revision of the Nearctic Myrmeleonidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 68: 1-84.
  2. ^ BioLib.cz: subfamily Brachynemurinae Banks, 1927 (retrieved 23 June 2023)

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