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| Vella fallax | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Family: | Myrmeleontidae |
| Genus: | Vella |
| Species: | V. fallax
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| Binomial name | |
| Vella fallax (Rambur, 1842)
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Vella fallax is a species of antlion in the family Myrmeleontidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.[1][2][3]
Subspecies
[edit]These two subspecies belong to the species Vella fallax:
- Vella fallax fallax (Rambur, 1842)
- Vella fallax texana (Hagen, 1887)
Gallery
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V. fallax fallax collected in Nicaragua -
V. fallax texana in Arizona
References
[edit]- ^ "Vella fallax Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Vella fallax". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Vella fallax species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading
[edit]- Stange, Lionel A. (2010). "Preliminary report on the Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera) of Paraguay". Insecta Mundi (0114): 1–14. ISSN 1942-1354.
- Penny, Norman D.; Adans, Phillip A.; Stange, Lionel A. (1997). "Species catalog of the Neuroptera, Megaloptera and Raphidioptera of America north of Mexico". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Fourth Series. 50: 39–114.
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Large and distinctive antlion species found in the southwestern U.S., Mexico, Central America, and parts of South America. First encountered in the Santa Marta region of Colombia in June 2023.Relationships
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