Over 200 species of antlions (in 55+ genera) live in the Australasian Region, which includes Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Fiji, Hawai'i, Samoa, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and eastern Indonesia. Most are found in Australia.
Notable species | ||
Eidoleon perjurus (Molokai antlion) Glenoleon banksi New Myrmeleon pictifrons |
Nomes lorianus Navas Weelius acutus Walker | |
Representative genera | ||
Found only in Australia: Acanthoplectron sp. (two species). Austogymnocnemia sp. (18 species). Bandidus sp. (The largest genus of Nemoleontini antlions found in Australia with 36 species). Distoplectron sp. (three species). Escura sp. (nine species). Froggattisca sp. (seven species). Glenoleon sp. (The largest genus of Dendroleontini, with 32 species). Protoplectron sp. (eight species). Stenoleon sp. (six species). |
Other genera:
Acratoleon sp. Dendroleon sp. Eophanes sp. Heoclisis sp. Myrmeleon sp. Periclystus sp. |