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''Dendroleon pantherinus'' is a species of 
neuroptera
The insect order Neuroptera, or net-winged insects, includes the lacewings, mantidflies, antlions, and their relatives. The order consists of some 6,000 species. Neuroptera can be grouped together with the Megaloptera and Raphidioptera in th ...
n insects of the antlion (Myrmeleontidae
The antlions are a group of about 2,000 species of insect in the neuropteran family Myrmeleontidae. They are known for the predatory habits of their larvae, which mostly dig pits to trap passing ants or other prey. In North America, the larvae ...
) family.
Taxonomy
The species has been described in 1787 by the Danish entomologist Johan Christian Fabricius, with theoriginal combination
In the scientific name of organisms, basionym or basyonym means the original name on which a new name is based; the author citation of the new name should include the authors of the basionym in parentheses. The term "basionym" is used in both botan ...
''Myrmeleon pantherinum''. The genus ''Dendroleon'' is created by Friedrich Moritz Brauer
Friedrich Moritz Brauer (12 May 1832, Vienna – 29 December 1904) was an Austrian entomologist who was Director of the Naturhistorisches Hofmuseum, Vienna, at the time of his death. He wrote many papers on Diptera and Neuroptera.
From an assis ...
in 1866, with ''D. pantherinus'' as type species.
References
Myrmeleontidae Insects described in 1787 {{Antlion-stub