Megistoleon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrmeleontoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Neuropterida Ordo: Neuroptera Subordo: Myrmeleontiformia Superfamilia: Myrmeleontoidea

Familia: Myrmeleontidae
Subfamilia: Myrmeleontinae
Tribus: Myrmeleontini
Genus: Megistoleon
Species: M. ritsemae – M. thaumatopteryx

Name

• Megistoleon Navas, 1931

Primary references

• Decadas de in-sectos nuevos. Revista de la Academia de Ciencias Madrid, 26 1931: pp. 60-86.

References

• Badano, D. 2013: Description of Megistoleon thaumatopteryx sp. nov. with notes on the genus Megistoleon Navás (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae). Zootaxa 3635(2): 194–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3635.2.7 Reference page. 
• Machado, R.J.P., Gilling, J.P., Winterton, S.L., Garzón-Orduña, I.J., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M. & Oswald, J.D. 2018 (print 2019). Owlflies are derived antlions: anchored phylogenomics supports a new phylogeny and classification of Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera). Systematic Entomology 44(2): 1–33. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12334 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• The African genus Megistoleon Navas (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Myrmeleontinae).