Vermileonidae
Family of wormlion flies / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Brachyceran family Vermileonidae (the sole family in the infraorder Vermileonomorpha) is a small family of uncertain affinities and unusual biology. It includes fewer than 80 described species, most of them rare and with restricted distribution, in 11 genera. Historically the vermileonids had been regarded as belonging to the family Rhagionidae,[13] possibly in a subfamily Vermileoninae. Their biology and morphology are so markedly distinct from the main Rhagionidae sensu stricto however, that the placement as a separate family has been widely accepted.[14]
Quick Facts Wormlions, Scientific classification ...
Wormlions | |
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Adult wormlion, Leptynoma sp., showing proboscis, wing venation, and habitus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Suborder: | Brachycera |
Infraorder: | Vermileonomorpha |
Family: | Vermileonidae Williston, 1886 |
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