Menkeleon bellulus (Banks, 1905) is a animal in the Myrmeleontidae family, order Neuroptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Menkeleon bellulus (Banks, 1905)

Menkeleon bellulus (Banks, 1905)

Menkeleon bellulus is the only described species in the Menkeleon antlion genus, found in western US and Mexico.

Genus
Menkeleon
Order
Neuroptera
Class
Insecta

About Menkeleon bellulus (Banks, 1905)

Menkeleon is a genus of antlions belonging to the family Myrmeleontidae. Only one species within the genus Menkeleon has been formally described: Menkeleon bellulus (Banks, 1905). This species is distributed in the Western United States and Mexico.

Photo: (c) C. Mallory, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by C. Mallory · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Neuroptera Myrmeleontidae Menkeleon

More from Myrmeleontidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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