Myrmeleon immaculatus
Species of insect
Myrmeleon immaculatus | |
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Female photographed in Ontario | |
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Male photographed in Ontario | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Neuroptera |
Family: | Myrmeleontidae |
Genus: | Myrmeleon |
Species: | M. immaculatus |
Binomial name | |
Myrmeleon immaculatus De Geer, 1773 |
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
Further reading
- 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.
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