Glenoleon pulchellus

Glenoleon pulchellus

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Neuroptera
Family:	Myrmeleontidae
Genus:	Glenoleon
Species:	G. pulchellus
Binomial name
*Glenoleon pulchellus* Rambur, 1842

Glenoleon pulchellus is an insect in the order of Lacewings. It is the most common Ant lion in Australia. The adult is a weak flyer, though it is well camouflaged at rest. Wings are held to the side of the body. The antennae are somewhat club shaped at the tips, wings are mottled with brown patches.

The larval form is an ambush predator. Eggs are laid in the earth, often in caves or under a rocky ledge. The juvenile creates a small crater shaped trap. The ant lion hides under a light cover of sand or earth. When an ant slides into the trap, the larval ant lion grabs the prey with its powerful jaws. The larvae spins a silken cocoon and pupates in the dry soil, later to emerge as an adult.^[1]

References

↑ Australian Insects - John Child, page 62. Library of Congress Catalog Card 6822996

Insecta orders

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
(unranked): Pancrustacea
Subphylum: Hexapoda

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Monocondylia	Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails)

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Palaeoptera

Ephemeropteroidea	Ephemeroptera (mayflies)

Odonatoptera	Odonata (dragonflies, damselflies)

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Polyneoptera

Dictyoptera	Blattodea (cockroaches, termites) Mantodea (mantises)

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Paraneoptera *	Psocodea (barklice, lice) Thysanoptera (thrips) Hemiptera (cicadas, aphids, true bugs)

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basal

Hymenoptera (sawflies, wasps, ants, bees)

Neuropteroidea

Coleopterida	Strepsiptera (twisted-winged parasites) Coleoptera (beetles)

Neuropterida	Raphidioptera (snakeflies) Megaloptera (alderflies, dobsonflies, fishflies) Neuroptera (net-winged insects: lacewings, mantidflies, antlions)

Panorpida
(Mecopterida)

Antliophora	Mecoptera (scorpionflies) + Siphonaptera (fleas) Diptera (gnats, mosquitoes, flies)

Amphiesmenoptera	Trichoptera (caddisflies) Lepidoptera (moths, butterflies)

Four most speciose orders are marked in bold

Italic are paraphyletic groups

Based on Sasaki et al. (2013)

Extinct

Alienoptera Archodonata Blattoptera Caloneurodea Campylopteridae Carbotriplurida Coxoplectoptera Diaphanopterodea Eoblattodea Eocoronidae Eudiaphanoptera Erasipteridae Gerarus Geroptera Glosselytrodea Heraridea Hypoperlida Lapeyriidae Meganisoptera (griffinflies or "giant dragonflies") Megasecoptera Mendozachorista Miomoptera Monura Palaeodictyoptera Paoliida Permoplecoptera Protanisoptera Protelytroptera Protephemerida Protodiptera Protorthoptera Protozygoptera Pseudopulex Rhyniognatha Syntonoptera Titanoptera Triadophlebioptera

Extinct incertae sedis families and genera are marked in italic

Wikispecies

Extant Neuroptera families

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Endopterygota

Basal

Nevrorthidae

Suborder Hemerobiiformia

Ithonioidea	Ithonidae (moth lacewings) Polystoechotidae (giant lacewings)

Osmyloidea	Osmylidae (osmylids)

Chrysopoidea	Chrysopidae (green lacewings)

Hemerobioidea	Hemerobiidae (brown lacewings)

Coniopterygoidea	Coniopterygidae (dustywings) Sisyridae (spongeflies or spongillaflies)

Mantispoidea	Dilaridae (pleasing lacewings) Mantispidae (mantidflies) Rhachiberothidae (thorny lacewings) Berothidae (beaded lacewings)

Suborder Myrmeleontiformia

Nemopteroidea	Psychopsidae (silky lacewings) Nemopteridae (spoonwings)

Myrmeleontoidea	Nymphidae (split-footed lacewings) Myrmeleontidae (antlions) Ascalaphidae (owlflies)

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