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Myrmeleontini

Insecta - Neuroptera - Myrmeleontidae

Taxonomy
Myrmeleontini was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant. Its type is Myrmeleon.

It was assigned to Myrmeleontinae by Michel et al. (2017) and Machado et al. (2019).

Subtaxa
Myrmeleon (type genus), Porrerus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Myrmeleontini Latreille
2017Myrmeleontini Michel et al.
2019Myrmeleontini Machado et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
Metaxyneuroptera
Eidoneuroptera
orderNeuroptera
Euneuroptera
Neoneuroptera
Geoneuroptera
suborderMyrmeleontiformiaHenry 1982
superfamilyMyrmeleontoidea
familyMyrmeleontidae()
subfamilyMyrmeleontinae
tribeMyrmeleontini
tribeMyrmeleontini

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. Myrmeleontini Latreille 1802
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G. Myrmeleon Linnaeus 1767
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Myrmeleon reticulatum Charpentier 1843
G. Porrerus Navas 1913
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Porrerus dominicanus Poinar and Stange 1996
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Sarmatian or 20.44000 to 11.60800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Porrerus dominicanus (124231)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Croatia Myrmeleon reticulatum (117246)