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Libelloides
''Libelloides'' is a genus of owlflies belonging to the subfamily Ascalaphinae. The species of this genus are present in most of Europe. They inhabit dry meadows or dry coniferous forests. Species * ''Libelloides baeticus'' (Rambur, 1842) * ''Libelloides coccajus'' (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) * ''Libelloides cunii'' Selys-Longchamps, 1880 * ''Libelloides hispanicus'' (Rambur, 1842) * ''Libelloides ictericus'' (Charpentier, 1825) * ''Libelloides lacteus'' (Brullé, 1832) * ''Libelloides longicornis'' (Linnaeus, 1764) * ''Libelloides macaronius'' (Scopoli, 1763) * ''Libelloides rhomboides'' (Schneider, 1845) * ''Libelloides sibiricus'' References Fischer, K., Hölzel, H., Kral, K. (2006) Divided and undivided compound eyes in Ascalaphidae (Insecta, Neuroptera) and their functional and phylogenetic significance. ''Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research'' 44, 285–289. Kral, K. (2002) Ultraviolet vision in European owlflies (Neuroptera: Ascalaphidae) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libelloides Longicornis
''Libelloides longicornis'', common name black yellow owlfly, is an owlfly species belonging to the family Ascalaphidae, subfamily Ascalaphinae. Distribution and habitat This species is present in South Western Europe (France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland). These insects mainly occur in the sunny meadows at rather high elevation. Description ''Libelloides longicornis'' can reach a length of and a wingspan of . The body of these large owlflies is black, quite hairy, with some yellow markings. Also the head is black, with large compound eyes. The long sturdy black antennae are clubbed. The wings do not have scales, are partly transparent and show a network of translucent lemon yellow ribs. In the fore wings appears a small basal dark spot reaching the base of the wings. The hind wings have a characteristic squared dark area towards the apex and a dark triangular sickle-shaped spot pointing to the wing tip.Heiko Bellmann: Der Neue Kosmos Insektenführer, S. 13 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libelloides Baeticus
''Libelloides'' is a genus of owlflies belonging to the subfamily Ascalaphinae. The species of this genus are present in most of Europe. They inhabit dry meadows or dry coniferous forests. Species * ''Libelloides baeticus'' (Rambur, 1842) * ''Libelloides coccajus'' (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) * ''Libelloides cunii'' Selys-Longchamps, 1880 * ''Libelloides hispanicus'' (Rambur, 1842) * ''Libelloides ictericus'' (Charpentier, 1825) * ''Libelloides lacteus'' (Brullé, 1832) * ''Libelloides longicornis'' (Linnaeus, 1764) * ''Libelloides macaronius'' (Scopoli, 1763) * ''Libelloides rhomboides'' (Schneider, 1845) * ''Libelloides sibiricus'' References Fischer, K., Hölzel, H., Kral, K. (2006) Divided and undivided compound eyes in Ascalaphidae (Insecta, Neuroptera) and their functional and phylogenetic significance. ''Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research'' 44, 285–289. Kral, K. (2002) Ultraviolet vision in European owlflies (Neuroptera: Ascalaphidae) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libelloides Macaronius
''Libelloides macaronius'' is a day-flying owlfly species of Europe and Asia. The genus belongs to the family Ascalaphidae, subfamily Ascalaphinae. Description The adult is a large insect somewhat resembling a dragonfly. Its body, eyes, and long clubbed antennae are black; the wings are bright yellow, spotted with black, the forewings being partly transparent near the wingtips. The abdomen ends with a pair of hooked claspers in the male, a short ovipositor in the female. At rest, adults often perch like dragonflies with their wings outspread. They fly rapidly and rather straight over grass or bushes. The species has the excellent eyesight of predatory day-flying insects, though the large eyes are of the superposition type normally found in nocturnal insects. Distribution and ecology The species occurs in central, eastern, and southern Europe, and Palearctic Asia. They live in relatively open areas such as farm meadows and pasture, and wilder dry grassland and scrubland. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libelloides Coccajus
''Libelloides coccajus'', the "owly sulphur", is an owlfly species belonging to the family Ascalaphidae, subfamily Ascalaphinae. Distribution This rare insect is present in France, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Spain and Switzerland. Habitat These owlflies mainly inhabit areas with tall grass and sunny rocky slopes, at an elevation up to above sea level. They have been sighted at elevations of up to on the French/Italian border in the high Susa Valley. Description The adults reach of length, with a wingspan of .Galerie-insecte The body is black and quite hairy. The eyes are large and bulging; the antennae are long and clubbed. The wings do not have scales and are partly transparent, with bright yellow areas in the first third, dark brown on the external side. An elongated black area is present towards the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owlflies
Ascalaphidae is a family of insects in the order Neuroptera, commonly called owlflies; there are some 450 extant species. They are fast-flying crepuscular or Diurnality, diurnal predators of other flying insects, and have large bulging eyes and strongly knobbed antenna (biology), antennae. The larvae are ambush predators; some of them make use of self-decoration camouflage. Description Owlflies are readily distinguished from the superficially similar dragonflies by their long, clubbed antennae; dragonflies have short, bristle-like antennae. The closely related antlions (family Myrmeleontidae) have short, weakly clubbed antennae, smaller eyes, and reticulate wing venation. All but one species of Ascalaphidae have long antennae, easily distinguishing them. The sole exception is the Brazilian ''Albardia, Albardia furcata'', the only living member of the subfamily Albardiinae, which has short antennae, but these are strongly clubbed (compared to myrmeleontids), and its wing venation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
