Palpares sp.
Photograph courtesy of Hamish Robertson, South African Museum

The Antlions (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) of South Africa

Compiled by Mervyn W. Mansell

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Introduction

Myrmeleontidae

References

Myrmeleontid larva
Photograph courtesy of Hamish Robertson, South African Museum

Family: MYRMELEONTIDAE (antlions)

Genus: BANKISUS Navás, 1912
1. B. oculatus Navás
  
  Bankisus oculatus Navás, 1912: 46
  Bankisus sculatus [sic] Navás, 1912: 46
  Gymnocnemia kristenseni Esben-Petersen, 1915: 179
  South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, Northern Province; Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Yemen;
  November to March
2. B. carinifrons (Esben-Petersen)
  
  Navasius carinifrons Esben-Petersen, 1936: 204
  South Africa: Mpumalanga, to Zimbabwe and Democratic Republic of Congo;
  January to April
Genus: BANYUTUS Navás, 1912
1. B. horridus Navás
  
  Banyutus horridus Navás 1912: 92
2. B. lethalis (Walker)
  
  Myrmeleon lethalis Walker 1853: 374
  = Myrmeleon leucospilos Hagen 1853: 483
Genus: BORDUS Navás 1936
1. B. temeratus Navás
  
  Bordus temeratus Navás 1936: 166
  Namibia
Genus: BRACHYPLECTRON Esben-Petersen 1925
1. B. capense Esben-Petersen
  
  Brachyplectron capense Esben-Petersen 1925: 336
Genus: CAMPESTRETUS Navás 1933
1. C. lepidus (Kolbe)
  
  Macronemurus lepidus Kolbe 1898: 23
  = Neuroleon extraneus Navás 1912: 71
Genus: CAPOPHANES Banks 1938
1. C. conspersa Banks
  
  Capophanes conspersa Banks 1938: 126
Genus: CENTROCLISIS Navás 1909
= NEBODA Navás
= SOGRA Navás
= JAYA Navás
= AVIA Navás
= NEOCLISIS Navás
= SOGRASSA Navás
= STENOCLISIS Navás
1. C. brachygaster (Rambur)
  
  Acanthaclisis brachygaster Rambur 1842: 381
  = Acanthaclisis rufescens Gerstaecker 1885: 10
  = Sogra vitanda Navás 1912: 154
  = Sogra mordax Navás 1912: 151
  = Sogra iracunda Navás 1912: 159
2. C. dasymalla (Gerstaecker)
  
  Acanthaclisis dasymalla Gerstaecker 1863: 174
  = Jaya Rogeri [sic] Navás 1912: 164
3. C. distincta (Rambur)
  
  Acanthaclisis distincta Rambur, 1842: 380
  = Myrmeleon edax Walker, 1853: 317
  = Myrmeleon molestus Walker, 1853: 322
  = Acanthaclisis gabonicus Fairm., 1858: 261
  = Acanthaclisis mashunensis Péringuey, 1910: 442
  = Acanthaclisis lineatipennis Péringuey, 1910: 443
  = Sogra perversa Navás, 1911: 240
  Centroclisis distincta (Rambur): Ohm & Hölzel 1997: 232
4. C. felina (Gerstaecker)
  
  Acanthaclisis felina Gerstaecker, 1894: 118
  = Sogra superba Navás, 1912: 161
5. C. maligna (Navás)
  
  Sogra maligna Navás, 192: 152
6. C. mendax (Navás)
  
  Sogra mendax Navás 1912: 158
7. C. odiosa (Navás)
  
  = Sogra nefasta Navás 1927: 11 ( nec Navás 1912)
  Sogra odiosa Navás 1932: ** ( nomen novum pro Sogra nefesta Navás 1927)
8. C. vitanda (Navás)
  
  Sogra vitanda Navás 1912: 154
Genus: CRAMBOMORPHUS MacLachlan 1867
1. C. sinuatus (Olivier)
  
  Myrmeleon sinuatum Olivier 1811: 121
  = Palpares haematogaster Gerstaecker 1867: 184
Genus: CREOLEON Tillyard 1918
= CREAGRIS Hagen
= GAMA Navás
1. C. africanus (Rambur)
  
  Myrmeleon africanus Rambur 1842: 395
  = Creagris nubifer Kolbe 1898: 25
  = Creagris litteratus Navás 1908: 23
  = Creagris pseudoplumbeus Péringuey 1910: 446
2. C. diana (Kolbe)
  
  Creagris diana Kolbe, 1898: 24
  = Creagris inclitus Péringuey, 1910: 445
  KwaZulu-Natal
3. C. interruptus (Navás)
  
  Creagris interrupta Navás 1914: 646
4. C. luteipennis (Burmeister)
  
  Myrmecoleon luteipennis Burmeister, 1839: 992
5. C. mashunus (Péringuey)
  
  Creagris mushunus Péringuey 1910: 449
6. C. mortifer (walker)
  
  Myrmeleon mortifer Walker 1853: 353
  = Myrmeleon pervigil Walker 1853: 354
  = Creagris nigro-strigatus MacLachlan 1867: 245
  = Creagris infirmus Navás 1912: 58
  = Creagris plagatus Navás 1912: 39
  = Creoleon nigritarsis Navás 1921: 304
7. C. nubifer (Kolbe)
  
  Creagris nubifer Kolbe 1898: 25
  = Creagris proximus Péringuey 1910: 446
  = Creagris junodi Esben-Petersen 1916: 16
8. C. venosus (Navás)
  
  Creagris venosa Navás 1914: 645
Genus: CUETA Navás 1911
= POLYANCUS Navás)
1. C. infima Navás
  
  Cueta infima Navás 1914: 641
2. C. mossambica Navás
  
  Cueta mossambica Navás 1914: 637
3. C. mysteriosa (Gerstaecker)
  
  Myrmeleon mysteriosa Gerstaecker 1894: 141
  = Cueta Heynei [sic] Navás 1915: 26
4. C. punctatissima (Gerstaecker)
  
  Myrmeleon punctatissimus Gerstaecker 1894: 142
5. C. transvaalensis Navás
  
  Cueta transvaalensis Navás 1914: 638
6. C. trivirgata (Gerstaecker)
  
  Myrmeleon trivirgatus Gerstaecker 1885: 32
  = Creagris bechuanus Péringuey 1910: 447
  = Cutea dissimulata Navás 1913: 269
  = Cueta damarensis Navás 1914: 636
Genus: CYMOTHALES Gerstaecker, 1894
1. C. eccentros (Walker)
  
  Myrmeleon eccentros Walker, 1860: 193
2. C. illustris (Navás)
  
  Mironus illustris Navás 1913: 497
  = Mironus speciosus Navás 1913: 498
3. C. mirabilis Gerstaecker
  
  Cymothales mirabilis Gerstaecker 1894: 128
Genus: EXAETOLEON Kimmins 1948
1. E. obtabilis (Péringuey)
  
  Myrmeleon obtabilis Péringuey 1910: 444
Genus: FORMICALEON Banks 1911
1. F. atomarius (Navás)
  
  Formicaleo atomarius Navás 1912: 64
2. F. natalicus (Navás)
  
  Formicaleo natalicus Navás 1912: 247
3. F. pondoensis Kimmins
  
  Formicaleon pondoensis Kimmins, 1948: 236
Genus: FURGELLA Markl 1953
1. F. damarinus (Péringuey)
  
  Creagris damarinus Péringuey 1910: 448
  = Furgella intermedia Markl 1953: 278
Genus: GANDULUS Navás 1912
1. G. filiformis (Gerstaecker)
  
  Myrmeleon filiformis Gerstaecker 1885: 31
  = Gandulus leptogaster Navás 1912: 73
2. G. risi Esben-Petersen
  
  Gandulus risi Esben-Petersen 1916: 20
Genus: GOLAFRUS Navás, 1912
1. G. oneili (Péringuey)
  
  Palpares oneili Péringuey, 1911: 35
Genus: HAGENOMYIA Banks 1911
= NELEES Navás)
1. H. lethifer (Walker)
  
  Myrmeleon lethifer Walker, 1853: 374
  = Myrmeleon nigridorsis Kolbe, 1898: 18
  = Hagenomyia luctosa Navás, 1912: 245
2. H. tristis (Walker)
  
  Myrmeleon tristis Walker, 1853: 373
Genus: ISONEMURUS Esben-Petersen, 1928
1. I. longipalpis Esben-Petersen
  
  Isonemurus longipalpis Esben-Petersen, 1928: 211
Genus: LARDUS Navás 1929
1. L. variipennis Navás
  
  Lardus variipennis Navás 1929: 24
Genus: LACHLATHETES Navás 1926
= SYMMATHETES MacLachlan
1. L. moestus (Hagen)
  
  Palpares moestus Hagen 1853: 482
  Symmathetes moestus var joannisi Navás 1921: 295
Genus: MACRONEMURUS Costa 1855
1. M. chloranthe Banks
  
  Macronemurus chloranthe Banks 1911: 23
  = Nelees modestus Navás 1912: 68
2. M. euanthe Banks
  
  Macronemurus euanthe Banks 1911: 24
  = Formicaleo inaequalis Navás 1912: 66
3. M. fictus (Navás)
  
  Formicaleo fictus Navás 1913: 270
4. M. nuncius Navás
  
  Macronemurus nuncius Navás 1913: 270
5. M. perlatus (Gerstaecker)
  
  Formicaleo perlatus Gerstaecker 1885: 14
6. M. striola Kolbe
  
  Macronemurus striola Kolbe 1898: 21
  = Nelees mayeri Navás 1914: 83
  = Nelees impar Navás 1914: 84
7. M. tinctus Kolbe
  
  Macronemurus tinctus Kolbe 1898: 22
Genus: MAULA Navás 1912
1. M. stigmatus Navás
  
  Maula stigmatus Navás 1912: 26
Genus: MOCHUS Navás 1925
1. M. capensis Navás
  
  Mochus capensis Navás 1925: 206
Genus: MYRMELEON Linnaeus 1767
= MYRMECOLEON Burmeister
= MACROLEON Banks
= MYRMELEODES Navás
= MORTER Navás
= GROCUS Navás
= AFROLEON Navás
1. M. alcestris Banks
  
  Myrmeleon alcestris Banks 1911: 11
  = Myrmeleon sciopterus Navás 1914: 93
2. M. doralice Banks
  
  Myrmeleon doralice Banks 1911: 10
  = Myrmeleodes medius Navás 1912: 243
  = Myrmeleon praetor Navás 1914: 634
3. M. insperatus Navás Myrmeleon insperatus Navás 1914: 633
4. M. lanceolatus Rambur
  
  Myrmeleon lanceolatus Rambur 1842: 401
  = Myrmeleon ochronervus Rambur 1942: 404
  = Afroleon basutus Navás 1927: 13
  = Grocus fulvinervis Navás 1934: 49
5. M. medialis Banks
  
  Myrmeleon medialis Banks 1911: 11
6. M. melanurus (Navás)
  
  Grocus melanurus Navás 1936: 164
7. M. obscurus Rambur
  
  Myrmeleon obscurus Rambur 1842: 403
  = Myrmemleon capensis Rambur 1842: 404
  = Myrmeleon secretus Walker 1953: 375
  = Myrmeleon fictus Walker 1853: 380
  = Myrmeleon inconspicuus Hagen (nec Rambur) 1862: 104
  = Myrmeleon fusiformis Esben-Petersen 1912: 268
8. M. orestes Banks
  
  Myrmeleon orestes Banks 1941: 4
9. M. pallescens (Navás)
  
  Grocus pallescens Navás 1934: 501
10. M. quinquemaculatus Hagen
  
  Myrmeleon quinquemaculatus Hagen 1853: 482
  = Myrmeleon polyzonus Gerstaecker 1885: 21
  = Myrmeleon rapax Kolbe 1898: 20
11. M. stigmalis Navás
  
  Myrmeleon stigmalis Navás 1912: 90
12. M. uniformis (Navás)
  
  Grocus uniformis Navás 1936: 163
Genus: NANNOLEON Esben-Petersen 1928
1. N. michaelseni Esben-Petersen
  
  Nannoleon michaelseni Esben-Petersen 1928: 212
Genus: NEMOLEON Navás 1909
1. N. augustipennis (Péringuey)
  
  Creagris augustipennis Péringuey 1910 448
2. N. callidus (Walker)
  
  Myrmeleon callidus Walker 1853: 384
Genus: NESOLEON Banks 1909
= PERINGUS Navás
1. N. boschimanus (Péringuey)
  
  Myrmeleon boschimanus Péringuey 1910: 443
2. N. braunsi Banks
  
  Nesoleon braunsi Banks 1909: 4
3. N. kriegi Navás
  
  Nesoleon kreigi Navás 1937: 1473
4. N. lunatus Navás
  
  Nesoleon lunatus Navás 1912: 91
Genus: NEUROLEON Navás 1909
1. N. basutinus (Navás)
  
  Nelees basutinus Navás 1927: 14
2. N. braunsi (Navás)
  
  Nelees braunsi Navás 1923: 433
3. N. guttatus (Navás)
  
  Nelees guttatus Navás 1914: 85
4. N. lesnei Navás
  
  Neuroleon lesnei Navás 1931: 102
5. N. mozambicus (Navás)
  
  Nelees mozambicus Navás 1913: 490
6. N. muzanus (Navás)
  
  Nelees muzanus Navás 1922: 252
7. N. stenopterus Navás
  
  Neuroleon stenopterus Navás 1933: 102
Genus: NOHOVEUS Navás 1919
1. N. apicalis Navás
  
  Nohoveus apicalis Navás 1929: 16
Genus: OBUS Navás 1912
= GYMNOLEON Banks [partim]
1. O. elizabethae (Banks)
  
  Gymnoleon elizabethae Banks 1911: 13
  = Obus arenosus Navás 1912: 60
2. O. infirmus Navás
  
  Obus infirmus Navás 1929: 25
Genus: PALPARELLUS Navás
1. P. damarensis (MacLachlan)
  
  Palpares damarensis MacLachlan, 1867: 241
  = Palpares formosus var bifasciatus Stitz 1912: 107 [error]
  Namibia and Angola;
  February to May
2. P. dubiosus (Péringuey)
  
  Palpares dubiosus Péringuey 1910: 440
  = Palpares formosus Banks 1911: 4
  = Palpares formosus var bifasciatus Stitz 1912: 107
  Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Free State and Northern Cape;
  January to April
3. P. festivus (Gerstaecker)
  
  Palpares festivus Gerstaecker 1894: 115
  = Palpares mosambicus Péringuey 1910: 434
  = Palpares latro Navás 1911: 238
  = Palparellus roratus Navás 1913: 496
  = Palpares virgineus Stitz 1912: 115
  KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Province, to Mozambique;
  November to February
4. P. flavofasciatus (MacLachlan)
  
  Palpares flavofasciatus MacLachlan 1967: 242
  = Palpares genialis Péringuey 1910: 438
  = Tomares guttatus Stitz 1912: 115
  Namibia and Angola;
  December to April
5. P. ovampoanus (Péringuey)
  
  Palpares ovampoanus Péringuey 1911: 439
  Namibia and Angola;
  January
6. P. nyassanus (Navás)
  
  Palpares nyassanus 1911: 237
  = Palpares mistus Navás 1912: 226
  = Palparellus excelsus Navás 1913: 89
  Northern Province and Northwestern Province, to Botswana, Zimbabwe and Malawi;
  November to January
7. P. pulchellus (Esben-Petersen)
  
  Palpares pulchellus Esben-Petersen 1922: 618
  Western Cape, Northern Cape;
  December to February
8. P. ulrike Mansell
  
  Palparellus ulrike Mansell 1997: 250
  Northern Cape, to Namibia;
  January and February
Genus: PALPARES Rambur 1842
1. P. annulatus Stitz
  
  Palpares annulatus Stitz 1912: 108
2. P. bifasciatus (Olivier)
  
  Myrmeleon bifasciatum Olivier 1811: 122
  = Myrmecoleon pardalinus Burmeister 1839: 997
  = Palpares brachypetrus MacLachlan 1867: 275
3. P. caffer (Burmeister)
  
  Myrmecoleon caffer Burmeister 1839: 998
  = Palpares varius Navás 1911: 240
4. P. carpentieri Navás
  
  Palpares carpentieri Navás 1925: 182
5. P. cataractae Péringuey
  
  Palpares cataractae Péringuey 1910: 433
  = Palpares inclemans var obsuratus Stitz 1912: 105
6. P. elegantulus Péringuey
  
  Palpares elegantulus Péringuey 1910: 436
  = Palpares compositus Navás 1912: 210
7. P. gratiosus Navás
  
  Palpares gratiosus Navás 1929: 15
8. P. immensus MacLachlan
  
  Palpares immensus MacLachlan 1867: 239
  = Palpares comes Hagen 1866: 456
9. P. inclemens (Walker)
  
  Myrmeleon inclemens Walker 1853: 303
10. P. kalahariensis Stitz
  
  Palpares kalahariensis Stitz 1912: 110
11. P. karrooanus Péringuey
  
  Palpares karrooanus Péringuey 1910: 435
12. P. lentus Navás
  
  Palpares lentus Navás 1912: 217
13. P. nyicanus Kolbe
  
  Palpares nyicanus Kolbe 1898: 11
  = Palpares aemulus Péringuey 1911: 31
14. P. sobrinus Péringuey
  
  Palpares sobrinus Péringuey 1911: 33
  = Palpares campani Navás 1915: 9
  = Palpares sparsus MacLachlan 1867: 241 (female, not male)
15. P. sparsus MacLachlan
  
  Palpares sparsus MacLachlan 1867: 240
  = Palpares nudatus Navás 1912: 221
16. P. speciosus (Linnaeus)
  
  Hemerobius speciosum Linnaeus 1758: 551
Genus: PALPARIDIUS Péringuey 1910
1. P. capicola Péringuey
  
  Palparidius capicola Péringuey 1910: 441
  = Palparidius festivus Navás 1912: 228
  = Palparidius nycterinus Navás 1913: 90
2. P. concinnus Péringuey
  
  Palparidius concinnus Péringuey 1910: 441
3. P. fascipennis (Banks)
  
  Echthromyrmex fascipennis Banks 1911: 29
Genus: PAMARES Mansell 1990
1. P. damarus Mansell
  
  Pamares damarus Mansell 1990: 172
  Namibia;
  March to May
2. P. deru Mansell
  
  Pamares deru Mansell 1990: 174
  Namibia;
  February to April
3. P. nephele Mansell
  
  Pamares nephele Mansell 1990: 170
  Northern Cape;
  December
4. P. parvus Mansell
  
  Pamares parvus Mansell 1990: 169
  Northern Cape, to Namibia;
  November
Genus: PAMEXIS Hagen 1866
= PAMEMA Navás
1. P. conspurcatus (Burmeister)
  
  Myrmecoleon conspurcatus Burmeister 1839: 997
2. P. insperatus (Navás)
  
  Pamema insperatus Navás 1925: 206
3. P. luteus (Thunberg)
  
  Myrmeleon luteum Thunberg 1784: 198
  = Myrmecoleon venosus Burmeister 1839: 998
  = Pamexis contaminatus Hagen 1866: 433, 457
4. P. translatus (Walker)
  
  Myrmeleon translatus Walker 1853: 398
Genus: SUCA Navás 1921
1. S. delicata Navás
  
  Suca delicata Navás 1921: 299
Genus: SYNGENES Kolbe 1898
1. S. longicornis (Rambur)
  
  Acanthaclisis longicornis Rambur 1842: 382
  = Acathaclisis inquinata Gerstaecker 1885: 11
Genus: TOMARES Hagen 1866
1. T. citrinus (Hagen)
  
  Palpares citrinus Hagen 1853: 481
Genus: TRICHOLEON Esben-Petersen, 1925
1. T. hirtellus Esben-Petersen
  
  Tricholeon hirtellus Esben-Petersen, 1925: 335
2. T. nigripes Kimmins
  
  Tricholeon nigripes Kimmins 1948: 237

This part of A Catalogue of South African Insects

The Antlions (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) of South Africa

Compiled by Mervyn W. Mansell

CONTENTS

Family: MYRMELEONTIDAE (antlions)