Pit-trapping Antlion

Genus Myrmeleon

Animals Kingdom (Animalia)

• Arthropods Phylum Arthropoda

• Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

• Insects (Class Insecta)

• Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

• Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Order Neuroptera)

• Antlions, Owlflies, and Allies (Suborder Myrmeleontiformia)

• Antlions, Owlflies, and Allies (Superfamily Myrmeleontoidea)

• Antlions and Owlflies (Family Myrmeleontidae)

Myrmeleon is an ant-lion genus in the subfamily Myrmeleontinae. The larvae build pits to trap ants, which they then feed upon.