Ascalaphus (insect)

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Ascalaphus
Owlfly Ascalaphidae female 3 by kadavoor.jpg
Ascalaphus sinister photographed in Kadavoor
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Family: Ascalaphidae
Subfamily: Ascalaphinae
Genus: Ascalaphus
Fabricius, 1775
Species
  • See text

Ascalaphus is a genus of owlfly belonging to the tribe Ascalaphini.[1] The species of this genus are found in Africa and Asia.[2]

Species[]

There are around 23 valid species in this genus:[3]

  • (Kimmins, 1949)
  • (Kimmins, 1949)
  • (McLachlan, 1871)
  • (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • (Kolbe, 1897)
  • Lichtenstein, 1796
  • Walker, 1853
  • (Rambur, 1842)
  • van der Weele, 1909
  • (Kimmins, 1949)
  • (McLachlan, 1871)
  • Tjeder, 1986
  • Prost, 2013
  • (Gerstaecker, 1894)
  • Walker, 1853
  • (Kimmins, 1949)
  • Lichtenstein, 1796
  • Prost, 2013
  • Lichtenstein, 1796
  • Ascalaphus sinister Walker, 1853
  • Lichtenstein, 1796
  • Gistel, 1856
  • (Kimmins, 1949)

References[]

  1. ^ Machado, R. J. P.; Gillung, J. P.; Winterton, S. L.; Garzon‐Orduña, I. J.; Lemmon, A. R.; Lemmon, E. M.; Oswald, J. D. (2018). "Owlflies are derived antlions: Anchored phylogenomics supports a new phylogeny and classification of Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera)". Systematic Entomology. 44 (2): 418–450. doi:10.1111/syen.12334.
  2. ^ "Ascalaphus Fabricius, 1775". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  3. ^ Oswald, John D. (2007). "Genus Ascalaphus". Neuropterida Species of the World. Version 2.0. Texas A&M University. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
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