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Ascalaphinae (owlfly)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Myrmeleontidae

Taxonomy
Ascalaphinae was named by Lefebvre (1842). It is extant. Its type is Ascalaphus.

It was assigned to Myrmeleontidae by Machado et al. (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Ascalaphinae Lefebvre
1949Verticillecerini Orfila
1991Verticillecerini Nel p. 328
2019Ascalaphinae Machado et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
—Metaxyneuroptera
—Eidoneuroptera
orderNeuroptera
—Euneuroptera
—Neoneuroptera
—Geoneuroptera
suborderMyrmeleontiformiaHenry 1982
superfamilyMyrmeleontoidea
familyMyrmeleontidae()
subfamilyAscalaphinaeLefebvre 1842
subfamilyAscalaphinaeLefebvre 1842

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.

Subfm. Ascalaphinae Lefebvre 1842 [owlfly]
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Tr. Ascalaphini Lefebvre 1842
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G. Ascalaphus Fabricius 1775
G. †Borgia Navás 1913
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†Borgia proavus Hagen 1858
G. †Cratoscalapha Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1997
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†Cratoscalapha electroneura Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1997
Tr. Haplogleniini Newmann 1853
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G. Amoea Lefébvre 1842
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†Amoea electrodominicana Engel and Grimaldi 2007
G. Ascaloptynx Banks 1915
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G. †Neadelphus MacLeod 1970
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†Neadelphus protae MacLeod 1970
G. †Prosuhpalacsa Makarkin 1998
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†Prosuhpalacsa biamoensis Makarkin 1998
G. †Ricartus Navás 1913
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†Ricartus edwardsi Oustalet 1870
Tr. Ululodini Van der Weele 1909
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G. Ululodes Currie 1899
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†Ululodes paleonesia Engel and Grimaldi 2007
Invalid names: Verticillecerini Orfila 1949 [invalid subgroup]
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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Langhian or 119.57000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.2 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Ceará) Cratoscalapha electroneura (125511)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Primorskiy) Prosuhpalacsa biamoensis (123794)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Neadelphus protae (124205)
MP 2333.9 - 27.3France Ascaloptynx oligocenicus (122984)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Austria Ascalaphus proavus (122879)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France Ascalaphus edwardsii (152490)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Amoea electrodominicana, Ululodes sp. 1 (122982) Ululodes sp. 1, Ululodes sp. 2, Ululodes paleonesia (124231)