Myrmeleon immaculatus
Appearance
Myrmeleon immaculatus | |
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Female photographed in Ontario | |
Male photographed in Ontario | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Neuroptera |
Family: | Myrmeleontidae |
Genus: | Myrmeleon |
Species: | M. immaculatus
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Binomial name | |
Myrmeleon immaculatus De Geer, 1773
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Myrmeleon immaculatus is a species of pit-trapping antlion in the family Myrmeleontidae. It is found in Central America and North America and is a particularly common species in the eastern United States.[1][2][3]This species is usually a blue-grey color and the adults are 30mm long.
References
[edit]- ^ "Myrmeleon immaculatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Myrmeleon immaculatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Myrmeleon immaculatus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading
[edit]- Penny, Norman D.; Adans, Phillip A.; Stange, Lionel A. (1997). "Species catalog of the Neuroptera, Megaloptera and Raphidioptera of America north of Mexico". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Fourth Series. 50: 39–114.