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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
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()
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