Vermileonidae

Leptynoma sericea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vermileonoidea

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: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Vermileonomorpha Superfamilia: Vermileonoidea

Familia: Vermileonidae
Genera (11 + 1†): Alhajarmyia – Isalomyia – Lampromyia – Leptynoma – Namaquamyia – Perianthomyia – Vermileo – Vermilynx – Vermiophis – Vermipardus – Vermitigris – †Protovermileo

Name

Vermileonidae Williston, 1886 (nomen protectum in Stuckenberg, 2004)

Type genus: Vermileo Macquart, 1834.

Synonymy

• Lampromyiidae Bigot, 1857: 519 (as Lampromydae; nomen oblitum in Stuckenberg, 2004)
• Vermileoninae Williston, 1886: 107 (as subfamily of Rhagionidae)
• Vermileonidae: Nagatomi, 1977: 324, 331 (raised to family rank)

References

Primary references

• Nagatomi, A. 1977. Classification of lower Brachycera. Journal of Natural History 11: 321–335. DOI: 10.1080/00222937700770231 .
• Stuckenberg, B.R. 2004. Conservation of the family-group name Vermileonidae as a nomen protectum (Diptera: Brachycera). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 147: 103–106. DOI: 10.1163/22119434-900000143 .
• Williston, S.W. 1886. On two interesting new genera of Leptidae. Entomologica Americana 2(6): 105–108. BHL.

Additional references

• Bueno, G.M., Kehlmaier, C. & Santos, C.M.D. 2021. A worldwide catalog of the Vermileonidae (Diptera: Brachycera). Zootaxa 5060(4): 489–514. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.4.2 . Plazi. Reference page. 

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Vermileonidae – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Vermileonidae.
• ION

Vernacular names

English: Wormlions
日本語: アナアブ科

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