Small Antlion: Dorsal

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Net-winged Insects (Neuroptera)

Family:

Antlion (Myrmeleontidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Small Antlion (Bandidus sp)

This Photo:

Dorsal

Thank you Ken Harris for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~23mm long, with 2 pairs of claws per leg, which look very large compared with it's small size. Came to the night light. Small, barely visible, white patches on each wing.
Ken said of this specimen it's similar to ".... Bandidus ocellonotus for which all known specimens come from South Australia, but there are several reasons why I don't believe it to be that species." Thanks Ken

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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