Acanthaclisini Navás, 1912

Badano, Davide & Pantaleoni, Roberto Antonio, 2014, The larvae of European Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera), Zootaxa 3762 (1), pp. 1-71 : 47

Tribe Acanthaclisini Navás, 1912

Diagnosis of 3 rd instar larva. Head capsule without prominent ocular tubercles; mandibles equipped from one to three teeth; labial palpi four-articulated, segments 2–4 shorter than the basal width of the mandible. Mesothoracic spiracles sessile. Thorax and abdomen with sessile setiferous processes. Legs with a fringe of setae. VIII abdominal sternite without odontoid processes; IX abdominal sternite bearing digging setae but without rastra.

Biological notes. The larvae of this tribe are not pit-building antlions able to move both forward and backward; some genera are characterized by the ability to move only backward.

Comments. This distinctive and widespread tribe is comparatively the better known one in the family regarding the larval stages, thanks to the review of Stange & Miller (1985).