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Ululodinae

Ululodinae is a subfamily or tribe of owlflies. Both they and the Ascalaphinae are sometimes known as split-eyed owlflies due to the characteristic ridge that bisects their compound eyes.

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Ululodinae
Ululodes mexicanus in hunting posture
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Family: Ascalaphidae
Subfamily: Ululodinae
van der Weele, 1908
Genera

Ululodinae is a subfamily1 or tribe (as Ululodini)2 of owlflies. Both they and the Ascalaphinae are sometimes known as split-eyed owlflies due to the characteristic ridge that bisects their compound eyes.

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References

  1. Jones, Joshua R. (6 October 2019). "Total-evidence phylogeny of the owlflies (Neuroptera, Ascalaphidae) supports a new higher-level classification". Zoologica Scripta. 48 (6): 761–782. doi:10.1111/zsc.12382.
  2. Machado, R. J. P.; Gillung, J. P.; Winterton, S. L.; Garzon-Orduña, I. J.; Lemmon, A. R.; Lemmon, E. M.; Oswald, J. D. (2018). "Owlflies are derived antlions: Anchored phylogenomics supports a new phylogeny and classification of Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera)". Systematic Entomology. 44 (2): 418–450. doi:10.1111/syen.12334.