Genus Xantholeon Tillyard, 1916

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• Xantholeon Tillyard, R.J. 1916. Studies in Australian Neuroptera. No. 2. Descriptions of new genera and species of the families Osmylidae, Myrmeleontidae and Ascalaphidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41: 41-70 [61].

  Type species:

   Xantholeon helmsi Tillyard, 1916 by original designation.
• Cataleon Navás, L. 1933. Decadas de insectos nuevos. Decada 23. Brotéria. Serie Ciências Naturais 31: 34-44 [34].

  Type species:

   Cataleon gratiosus Navás, 1933 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• New, T.R. 1985. A revision of the Australian Myrmeleontidae (Insecta: Neuroptera). III. Distoleontini and Acanthaclisinae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 106: 1-159 [10]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Daly Basin (DAB), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Pine Creek (PCK), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; NSW, Qld, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Western Australia: NW coastal

General References

Machado, R.J.P., Gillung, J.P., Winterton, S.L., Garzón-Orduña, I.J., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M. & Oswald, J.D. 2019. Owlflies are derived antlions: anchored phylogenomics supports a new phylogeny and classification of Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera). Systematic Entomology 44: 418-450 [446] (in tribe Protoplectrini)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
25-Feb-2022	NEUROPTERA	26-Aug-2021	MODIFIED
25-Feb-2022		05-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)