| Ascalaphus | |
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| Ascalaphus sinister photographed in Kadavoor | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Family: | Ascalaphidae |
| Subfamily: | Ascalaphinae |
| Genus: | Ascalaphus Fabricius, 1775 |
| Species | |
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Ascalaphus is a genus of owlfly belonging to the tribe Ascalaphini.[1] The species of this genus are found in Africa and Asia.[2]
Species
There are around 23 valid species in this genus:[3]
- Ascalaphus abdominalis (Kimmins, 1949)
- Ascalaphus aethiopicus (Kimmins, 1949)
- Ascalaphus africanus (McLachlan, 1871)
- Ascalaphus barbarus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Ascalaphus bilineatus (Kolbe, 1897)
- Ascalaphus clavicornis Lichtenstein, 1796
- Ascalaphus dicax Walker, 1853
- Ascalaphus festivus (Rambur, 1842)
- Ascalaphus libelluloides van der Weele, 1909
- Ascalaphus lloydi (Kimmins, 1949)
- Ascalaphus longistigma (McLachlan, 1871)
- Ascalaphus minutus Tjeder, 1986
- Ascalaphus pallidulus Prost, 2013
- Ascalaphus placidus (Gerstaecker, 1894)
- Ascalaphus procax Walker, 1853
- Ascalaphus prothoracicus (Kimmins, 1949)
- Ascalaphus quadrimaculatus Lichtenstein, 1796
- Ascalaphus rougoni Prost, 2013
- Ascalaphus rusticus Lichtenstein, 1796
- Ascalaphus sinister Walker, 1853
- Ascalaphus tessellatus Lichtenstein, 1796
- Ascalaphus vitreipennis Gistel, 1856
- Ascalaphus worthingtoni (Kimmins, 1949)
References
- ↑ Jones, Joshua R. (2019). "Total-evidence phylogeny of the owlflies (Neuroptera, Ascalaphidae) supports a new higher-level classification". Zoologica Scripta. 48 (6): 761–782. doi:10.1111/zsc.12382.
- ↑ "Ascalaphus Fabricius, 1775". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ↑ Oswald, John D. (2007). "Genus Ascalaphus". Neuropterida Species of the World. Version 2.0. Texas A&M University. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
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