| Vella | |
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| Vella americana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Family: | Myrmeleontidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmeleontinae |
| Tribe: | Acanthaclisini |
| Genus: | Vella Navas, 1913 |
Vella is a genus of antlions in the family Myrmeleontidae. There are about five described species in Vella.
Species
These five species belong to the genus Vella:
- Vella americana (Drury, 1773)
- Vella assimilis (Banks, 1908)
- Vella eggerti Esben-Petersen, 1928
- Vella fallax (Rambur, 1842)
- Vella flaccida Navás, 1917
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
Gallery
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V. americana in Florida.
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V. eggerti in the Dominican Republic.
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V. fallax fallax collected in Nicaragua.
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V. fallax texana in Arizona.
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References
- ^ "Vella Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ "Browse Vella". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ "Vella". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ "Vella Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
Further reading
- Stange, Lionel A. (2010). "Preliminary report on the Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera) of Paraguay". Insecta Mundi (0114): 1–14. ISSN 1942-1354.
- Penny, Norman D.; Adans, Phillip A.; Stange, Lionel A. (1997). "Species catalog of the Neuroptera, Megaloptera and Raphidioptera of America north of Mexico". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Fourth Series. 50: 39–114.
External links
Media related to Vella (Myrmeleontidae) at Wikimedia Commons
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