Category
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Vermileonidae
The Brachyceran family Vermileonidae (the sole family in the infraorder Vermileonomorpha) is a small family of uncertain affinities and unusual biology. It includes fewer than 80 described species, most of them rare and with restricted distribution, in 11 genera. Historically the vermileonids had been regarded as belonging to the family Rhagionidae, possibly in a subfamily Vermileoninae. Their biology and morphology are so markedly distinct from the main Rhagionidae sensu stricto however, that the placement as a separate family has been widely accepted. They are called wormlions, in analogy to

Vermileo vermileo
species of insect
Vermipardus
Vermipardus is a genus of wormlions in the family Vermileonidae.
Lampromyia
Lampromyia is a genus of wormlion in the family Vermileonidae.
Leptynoma
Leptynoma is a genus of wormlions in the family Vermileonidae.
Vermitigris
Vermitigris is a genus of wormlion in the family Vermileonidae.
Vermiophis
Vermiophis is a genus of wormlion in the family Vermileonidae.
Vermilynx
Vermilynx is a genus of wormlion in the family Vermileonidae.

Vermileo opacus
species of insect

Vermileo comstocki
species of insect