Weeleus

Weeleus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Family: Myrmeleontidae
Subfamily: Nemoleontinae
Tribe: Distoleontini
Genus: Weeleus
Navás, 1912
Species:
W. acutus
Binomial name
Weeleus acutus
(Walker, 1853)
Synonyms
  • Myrmeleon acutus Walker, 1853

Weeleus acutus is an antlion of the tribe Distoleontini, and the sole member of the genus Weeleus.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand,[2] and is widely distributed, being recorded from Kerikeri to Wakatipu.[3] This species was first described by Francis Walker in 1853 from a specimen presented by Andrew Sinclair.[4]

References

  1. ^ New, Timothy R. (1983). "Notes on the New Zealand antlion, Weeleus acutus (Neuroptera)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 10 (3): 281–284. doi:10.1080/03014223.1983.10423915. ISSN 0301-4223.
  2. ^ "Weeleus acutus (Walker, 1853)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
  3. ^ Wise, K. A. J. (1963). "A list of the Neuroptera of New Zealand" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 5 (1): 53. ISSN 0030-8714. Wikidata Q89667602. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2020.
  4. ^ Walker, Francis (1853). Gray, John Edward (ed.). Catalogue of the specimens of neuropterous insects in the collection of the British museum. London: The Trustees of the British Museum. p. 377. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.32920. hdl:2027/uc1.b3993168. Retrieved 3 September 2017.

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