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Myrmeleonidae (antlion)
Taxonomy
Myrmeleonides was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant. Its type is Myrmeleon.
It was corrected as Myrmeleonidae by Banks (1899); it was corrected as Myrmeleontidae by Statz (1936), Martins-Neto and Vulcano (1989), Carpenter (1992), Martins-Neto (1997), Martins-Neto (2002), Engel and Grimaldi (2008), Makarkin et al. (2013), Engel et al. (2018) and Makarkin et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Neuroptera by Latreille (1802), Banks (1899) and Statz (1936); to Planipennia by Carpenter (1992); to Myrmeleontoidea by Martins-Neto and Vulcano (1989), Martins-Neto (1997), Martins-Neto (2002), Engel and Grimaldi (2008), Makarkin et al. (2013) and Engel et al. (2018); and to Myrmeleontoidae by Makarkin et al. (2018).
It was corrected as Myrmeleonidae by Banks (1899); it was corrected as Myrmeleontidae by Statz (1936), Martins-Neto and Vulcano (1989), Carpenter (1992), Martins-Neto (1997), Martins-Neto (2002), Engel and Grimaldi (2008), Makarkin et al. (2013), Engel et al. (2018) and Makarkin et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Neuroptera by Latreille (1802), Banks (1899) and Statz (1936); to Planipennia by Carpenter (1992); to Myrmeleontoidea by Martins-Neto and Vulcano (1989), Martins-Neto (1997), Martins-Neto (2002), Engel and Grimaldi (2008), Makarkin et al. (2013) and Engel et al. (2018); and to Myrmeleontoidae by Makarkin et al. (2018).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1802 | Myrmeleonides Latreille p. 287 |
| 1842 | Ascalaphidae Lefebure p. 10 |
| 1899 | Myrmeleonidae Banks p. 67 |
| 1936 | Myrmeleontidae Statz p. 212 |
| 1989 | Myrmeleontidae Martins-Neto and Vulcano p. 370 |
| 1989 | Ascalaphidae Martins-Neto and Vulcano p. 381 |
| 1992 | Ascalaphidae Carpenter |
| 1992 | Myrmeleontidae Carpenter |
| 1997 | Myrmeleontidae Martins-Neto p. 75 |
| 2002 | Myrmeleontidae Martins-Neto p. 37 |
| 2002 | Ascalaphidae Martins-Neto p. 38 |
| 2008 | Ascalaphidae Engel and Grimaldi |
| 2008 | Myrmeleontidae Engel and Grimaldi |
| 2013 | Ascalaphidae Makarkin et al. p. 2 |
| 2013 | Myrmeleontidae Makarkin et al. p. 2 |
| 2018 | Ascalaphidae Engel et al. |
| 2018 | Myrmeleontidae Engel et al. |
| 2018 | Ascalaphidae Makarkin et al. p. 602 |
| 2018 | Myrmeleontidae Makarkin et al. p. 602 |
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Fm. Myrmeleonidae Latreille 1802 [antlion]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available