Ascalaphinae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Neuropterida
Ordo: Neuroptera
Subordo: Myrmeleontiformia
Superfamilia: Myrmeleontoidea

Familia: Myrmeleontidae
Subfamilia: Ascalaphinae
Tribus: Ascalaphini – Dimarini – Haplogleniini – Palparini – Stilbopterygini – Ululodini

incertae sedis: Pseudimares – Sodirus
Name

Ascalaphinae Rambur, 1842
Synonyms

Schizophthalminae Weele, 1908

References

Badano, D.; Pantaleoni, R.A. 2014: The larvae of European Ascalaphidae (Neuroptera). Zootaxa 3796(2): 287–319. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3796.2.4 Reference page.
Kuznetsova, V.G., Krivokhatsky, V.A. & Khabiev, G.A. 2015. Chromosome numbers in antlions (Myrmeleontidae) and owlflies (Ascalaphidae) (Insecta, Neuroptera). Zookeys 538: 47–61. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.538.6655 Full article Reference page.
Machado, R.J.P., Gilling, J.P., Winterton, S.L., Garzón-Orduña, I.J., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M. & Oswald, J.D. 2018 (print 2019). Owlflies are derived antlions: anchored phylogenomics supports a new phylogeny and classification of Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera). Systematic Entomology 44(2): 1–33. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12334 Paywall. ResearchGate Open access. Reference page.
Michel, B. & Mansell, M.W. 2018. A new genus and species of owl y from eastern and southern Africa (Neuroptera: Ascalaphidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 413: 1–12. full article (PDF). Reference page.
Rambur J.P., 1842. Histoire naturelle des insectes Névroptères. in Roret's Suites à Buffon.
Yang, M-X., Wang, X-L. & Sun, M-X. 2016. Two newly recorded genera and species of Owlflies (Neuroptera: Ascalaphidae) from China. Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7451. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7451. Reference page.

Additional references

Michel, B. & Mansell, M.W. 2018. A new genus and species of owl y from eastern and southern Africa (Neuroptera: Ascalaphidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 413: 1–12. full article (PDF). Reference page.
Pantaleoni, R.A. & Loru, L. 2018. Libelloidini, new name for an old tribe (Neuroptera Ascalaphidae). Zootaxa 4438(3): 597–598. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.11 Paywall Reference page.

Links

Zicha, Ondřej et al. Ascalaphinae – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Ascalaphinae – Taxon details on BugGuide.
Ascalaphinae – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Ascalaphinae – Taxon details on Fauna Europaea.
Ascalaphinae – Taxon details on Fossilworks.
Ascalaphinae – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Ascalaphinae - Taxon details on iNaturalist.

Ascalaphinae – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Non-marine Genera (IRMNG).
Ascalaphinae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Ascalaphinae – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Vernacular names
English: Owlflies
français: Ascalaphidés
日本語: ツノトンボ科
українська: Аскалафіди
Bân-lâm-gú: Tn̂g-kak-lêng