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]
| Nannoleon | |
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| Nannoleon michaelseni | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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| Binomial name | |
| Nannoleon michaelseni Esben-Petersen, 1928
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References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Genus Nannoleon (Esben- Petersen, 1928), Taxonomy". insectoid.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "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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