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Nannoleon

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Nannoleon
Nannoleon michaelseni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Family: Myrmeleontidae
Subfamily: Dendroleontinae
Tribe: Dendroleontini
Genus: Nannoleon
Esben-Petersen, 1928[1]
Species:
N. michaelseni
Binomial name
Nannoleon michaelseni
Esben-Petersen, 1928

Nannoleon is a genus of antlions in the insect family Myrmeleontidae in the order Neuroptera. It comprises a single species, Nannoleon michaelseni, which is found in Namibia and South Africa.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Esben-Petersen, P. (1928). "Neuroptera Planipennia". In Michaelsen, J. W. (ed.). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Land- und Süsswasserfauna Deutsch-Südwestafrikas, Ergebnisse der Hamburger Deutsch-Südwestafrikanischen Studienreise 1911. Vol. 2. Hamburg: Friederichsen and Co. p. 212.
  2. ^ "Genus Nannoleon (Esben- Petersen, 1928), Taxonomy". insectoid.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Reclassification of the New World antlion genera formerly included in the tribe Brachynemurini". unl.edu. Gainesville, Florida: Center for Systematic Entomology. March 1994. pp. 67–119. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
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