Periclystina

Glenoleon falsus, copyright Dhobern.

Belongs within: Myrmeleontidae.

The Periclystina are a group of ant-lions with generally large gonapophyses in the females.

See also: Ant-lions of Australia.

Characters (from New 1985): Tibial spurs usually absent or very small; claws not opposable on fifth tarsomere; female posterior gonapophyses usually very large, generally with thickened setae; anterior gonapophyses absent; gonapophysial plate usually transverse between bases of posterior gonapophyses; tergite IX usually with digitiform ventral processes.

<==Periclystina N85
    |--Chrysoleon Banks 1910 N85
    |    `--*C. punctatum Banks 1910 N85
    |--Franzenia Esben-Petersen 1929 N85
    |    `--*F. irrorata Esben-Petersen 1929 N85
    |--Ceratoleon Esben-Petersen 1917 N85
    |    |--*C. brevicornis Esben-Petersen 1917 N85
    |    `--C. mjobergi Esben-Petersen 1923 N85
    |--Compsoleon Banks 1913 N85
    |    |--*C. occultus (Walker 1853) [=Myrmeleon occultus] N85
    |    `--C. bembicidis New 1985 N85
    |--Periclystus Gerstaecker 1888 N85
    |    |--*P. laceratus Gerstaecker 1888 N85
    |    |--P. aureolatus Tillyard 1916 N85
    |    `--P. circuiter (Walker 1853) (see below for synonymy N85
    |--Austrogymnocnemia Esben-Petersen 1917 N85
    |    |--*A. bipunctata (Esben-Petersen 1915) [=Gymnocnemia bipunctata; incl. A. australis Esben-Petersen 1923] N85
    |    |--A. arcuata New 1985 N85
    |    |--A. cardaleae New 1985 N85
    |    |--A. edwardsi New 1985 N85
    |    |--A. emmae New 1985 N85
    |    |--A. forcipata New 1985 N85
    |    |--A. interrupta (Esben-Petersen 1915) [=Gymnocnemia interrupta] N85
    |    |--A. lineata New 1985 N85
    |    |--A. lulinguensis New 1985 N85
    |    |--A. maculata (Tillyard 1916) [=Gymnocnemia maculata] N85
    |    |--A. nigrescens New 1985 N85
    |    |--A. pallida New 1985 N85
    |    |--A. pentagramma (Gerstaecker 1884) [=Gymnocnemia pentagramma] N85
    |    |--A. procta New 1985 N85
    |    |--A. pygmaea New 1985 N85
    |    |--A. sarahae New 1985 N85
    |    |--A. striata New 1985 N85
    |    `--A. tindalei New 1985 N85
    `--Glenoleon Banks 1913 N85
         |--*G. pulchellus (Rambur 1842) [=Myrmeleon pulchellus, Glenurus pulchellus] N85
         |--G. annulatus Esben-Petersen 1918 N85
         |--G. aurora Tillyard 1916 N85
         |--G. banksi New 1985 N85
         |--G. berthoudi Tillyard 1916 N85
         |--G. brevigonarcus New 1985 N85
         |--G. cahillensis New 1985 N85
         |--G. conspersum Banks 1918 [incl. G. franzeni Esben-Petersen 1926] N85
         |--G. dannyae New 1985 N85
         |--G. dissolutus (Gerstaecker 1884) [=Myrmeleon dissolutus] N85
         |--G. drysdalensis New 1985 N85
         |--G. falsus (Walker 1853) [=Myrmeleon falsus, Glenurus falsus] N85
         |--G. gerstaeckeri New 1985 N85
         |--G. lesouefi New 1985 N85
         |--G. maculatus New 1985 N85
         |--G. mcalpinei New 1985 N85
         |--G. meteoricus (Gerstaecker 1884) [=Myrmeleon meteoricus] N85
         |--G. minutillus New 1985 N85
         |--G. mouldsorum New 1985 N85
         |--G. mulesi New 1985 N85
         |--G. nigristriatus New 1985 N85
         |--G. osmyloides (Gerstaecker 1884) [incl. G. annulicorne Esben-Petersen 1915] N85
         |--G. parviproctus New 1985 N85
         |--G. pictus New 1985 N85
         |--G. pingrupensis New 1985 N85
         |--G. radialis Banks 1913 N85
         |--G. roseipennis Tillyard 1916 N85
         |--G. rudda New 1985 N85
         |--G. secula New 1985 N85
         |--G. stigmatus Banks 1910 N85
         |--G. tergitus New 1985 N85
         `--G. tillyardi New 1985 N85

Periclystus circuiter (Walker 1853) [=Myrmeleon circuiter, Glenurus circuiter; incl. Periclystus callipeplus Gerstaecker 1888] N85

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[N85] New, T. R. 1985. A revision of the Australian Myrmeleontidae (Insecta: Neuroptera). II. Dendroleontini. Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series 105: 1–170.