Biology:Weeleus
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Short description: Species of insect
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Family: | Myrmeleontidae |
| Subfamily: | Nemoleontinae |
| Tribe: | Distoleontini |
| Genus: | Weeleus Navás, 1912 |
| Species: | W. acutus
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| Binomial name | |
| Weeleus acutus (Walker, 1853)
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Weeleus acutus is an antlion of the tribe Distoleontini, and the sole member of the genus Weeleus.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand,[2] and is widely distributed, being recorded from Kerikeri to Wakatipu.[3] This species was first described by Francis Walker in 1853 from a specimen presented by Andrew Sinclair.[4]
References
- ↑ New, Timothy R. (1983). "Notes on the New Zealand antlion, Weeleus acutus (Neuroptera)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology 10 (3): 281–284. doi:10.1080/03014223.1983.10423915. ISSN 0301-4223.
- ↑ "Weeleus acutus (Walker, 1853)". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/d33117b2-712f-422e-97f1-9b2016cafc44.
- ↑ Wise, Keith Arthur John (1963-01-01). "A list of the Neuroptera of New Zealand" (in English). Pacific Insects 5 (1): 53. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89667602.
- ↑ Walker, Francis (1853). Gray, John Edward. ed (in en). Catalogue of the specimens of neuropterous insects in the collection of the British museum.. London: The Trustees of the British Museum. pp. 377. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.32920. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23928510. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
External links
- Weeleus acutus discussed on RNZ Critter of the Week, 20 March 2020
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