- Vermileonidae
Taxobox
name = Wormlions
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
subphylum =Hexapoda
classis =Insect a
subclassis =Pterygota
infraclassis =Neoptera
superordo =Endopterygota |
ordo = Diptera
subordo =Brachycera
infraordo =Vermileonomorpha
familia = Vermileonidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
*"Alhajarmyia " Stuckenberg, 2003
*"Isalomyia " Stuckenberg, 2002
*"Lampromyia " Macquart, 1835
*"Leptynoma " Westwood, 1876
*"Namaquamyia " Stuckenberg, 2002
*"Vermileo " Macquart, 1834
*"Vermilynx " Stuckenberg, 1995
*"Vermiophis " Yang, 1979
*"Vermipardus " Stuckenberg, 1960
*"Vermitigris " Wheeler, 1930The
Brachycera n family Vermileonidae (the sole member of the infraorder Vermileonomorpha) is a small family of uncertain affinities and unusual biology, containing fewer than 80 rare species in 10 genera. Thelarva e of vermileonids are called wormlions and have evolved the same elaborate feeding behavior as is seen in theNeuroptera n familyMyrmeleontidae , or the "ant-lions"; that is, they make cone-shaped "pits" in sandy areas and feed on insects that fall into the pits. They are, like ant-lions, primarily found in desert or other sandy habitats, and are voracious predators. The adults are small, slender, and fragile flies, vaguely reminiscent of small crane flies.Classification
The infraorder Vermileonomorpha is often included within the
Tabanomorpha , though the most recent classifications place them as itssister taxon .pecies Lists
* [http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=10972 Palaearctic]
References
*Nagatomi, A. 1997. Family Vermileonidae. I: Papp, L. og Darvas, B. (red.): "Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera". 2: 447-458. Science Herald, Budapest.
External links
* [http://www.diptera.info/photogallery.php?photo_id=562 Picture from Diptera.info]
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