Vermileo Explained

Vermileo is a genus of wormlions in the family Vermileonidae.^{[1] [2]}

Species

• Vermileo ater Stuckenberg, 1965^[3]
• Vermileo cylindraceus (Costa, 1844)^[4]
• Vermileo comstocki Wheeler, 1918^[5] (sierra wormlion)
• Vermileo dowi Wheeler, 1931^[6]
• Vermileo fascipennis (Williston, 1895)
• Vermileo immaculatus Carles-tolrá & Cuesta-Seguro, 2020^[1]
• Vermileo nigriventris Strobl, 1906^[7]
• Vermileo niloticus Edwards, 1935
• Vermileo opacus (Coquillett, 1904)
• Vermileo tibialis (Walker, 1852)^[8]
• Vermileo vermileo (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Vermileo willetti Leon, 1938^[9]

Notes and References

1. Carles-Tolrá . M. . Cuesta-Segura . A.D. . Vermileo immaculatus sp. n.: a new vermileonid species from Malta (Diptera: Vermileonidae) . Arquivos Entomolóxicos . 2020 . 22 . 265–277 . 1 June 2022.
2. Kehlmaier . Christian . DNA barcoding reveals an unexpected diversity in Old World Vermileonidae (Insecta: Diptera) . Bonn Zoological Bulletin . 2021 . 70 . 2 . 339–349 . 1 June 2022.
3. Stuckenberg . B.R. . Notes on the Palaearctic species of Vermileo, with the description of a new species from Crete (Diptera: Rhagionidae) . Annals and Magazine of Natural History . 1965 . 8 . 13 . 495–500. 10.1080/00222936508651603 .
4. Costa . O. G. . . Descrizione di dodici specie nuove dell'ordine de'Ditteri ed illustrazione di altre quattordici meno ovvie raccolte nella state del 1834. . Atti della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Napoli, Sezione della Società Reale Borbonica . 1845 . 5[1844] . 2 . 81–107.
5. Wheeler . W.M. . Vermileo comstocki, sp. nov., an interesting leptid fly from California. . Proc. New Engl. Zool. Club . 1918 . 6 . 83–84.
6. Wheeler . W.M. . A Cuban Vermileo . Psyche: A Journal of Entomology . 1931 . 38 . 4 . 165–169 . 10.1155/1931/21245 . 1 June 2022. free .
7. Strobl . P. Gabriel . Spanische Dipteren. II. Theil . Wiener Entomologische Zeitung. . 1899 . 18 . 12–27 . 26 May 2019.
8. Book: Walker. Frances. Diptera. Part III, pp. 157-252, pls. 5-6. In [Saunders, W. W. (ed.)], Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Sauders, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. Vol. 1. 1852. Van Voorst. London. 1–474.
9. Leon . D. de . Notes on the distribution of Vermileo in the United States and Mexico with a description of a new species (Diptera: Rhagionidae) . Entomological News . 1938 . 49 . 167–171 . 2 June 2022.