Dendroleon Brauer, 1866

Kim, Jiseung, Ahn, Neung-Ho & Kim, Sora, 2025, A taxonomic review of the family Myrmeleontidae Latreille (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontiformia) from the Korean peninsula, highlighting the conservation value of this family, ZooKeys 1262, pp. 97-174 : 97-174

Genus Dendroleon Brauer, 1866

Dendroleon Brauer, 1866: 42. Type species: Myrmeleon pantherinus Fabricius, 1787. Type locality: Austria.

Borbon Navás, 1914 b: 111 .

Neglurus Navás, 1912 c: 171 .

Pantherleon Yang, 1986: 431.

Diagnosis.

Adult. Medium to large sized antlions; antenna long; wing with brown markings; forewing presectoral area usually with four crossveins; forewing vein RP arising usually before CuA fork; forewing veins 2 A and 3 A separate, usually connected by one or two crossveins; hindwing presectoral area usually with one crossvein; hindwing vein RP arising before MP fork; male with pilula axillaris. Legs long and slender, hind femur plus tibia longer than entire length of head plus thorax; tibial spurs approximately as long as combined lengths of tarsomeres 1 and 2. Female gonapophyses divided into tubercular or short digitiform anterior and long digitiform posterior branch; a pair of gonapophyses with slender sclerotized setae ( Sekimoto 2014; Zheng et al. 2024 a). Third instar larva. Mandibles upturned, with three pairs of equidistant teeth; mesothoracic and abdominal spiracles not prominent; thoracic setiferous processes pedunculated; abdominal sternite VIII without odontoid processes; abdominal sternite IX longer than wide, triangular; rastra and fossoria weakly developed ( Zheng et al. 2024 a).

Distribution.

Asia (Azerbaijan, China, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Russian (Far East), Vietnam), Europe ( Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Poland, Romania, Russian Caucasus, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine), North America ( Canada, Mexico, the United States), Oceania ( Australia, Papua New Guinea) ( Zheng et al. 2024 a).