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Dendroleon longipennis Esben-Petersen, 1915

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Dendroleon longipennis Esben-Petersen, 1915
Name authority
Esben-Petersen, 1915
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Neuroptera
Family
Myrmeleontidae
Genus
Dendroleon
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: yes. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumArthropoda
  4. subphylumHexapoda
  5. classInsecta
  6. orderNeuroptera
  7. familyMyrmeleontidae
  8. genusDendroleon
  9. speciesDendroleon longipennis Esben-Petersen, 1915

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Dendroleon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Dendroleon callipterus X. Wan et al., 2004MyrmeleontidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dendroleon dumigani Tillyard, 1916MyrmeleontidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dendroleon esbenpeterseni Miller & Stange in Miller et al., 1999MyrmeleontidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dendroleon javanus Banks, 1914MyrmeleontidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dendroleon lii X. Wan et al., 2004MyrmeleontidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dendroleon motuoensis Z.-l. Wang & X.-l. Wang, 2008MyrmeleontidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dendroleon pupillaris (Gerstaecker, 1894)MyrmeleontidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dendroleon regius (Navás, 1914)MyrmeleontidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dendroleon similis Esben-Petersen, 1923MyrmeleontidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dendroleon speciosus Banks, 1905MyrmeleontidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dendroleon vitripennis (Navás, 1912)MyrmeleontidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 108 records assigned to Myrmeleontidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Esben-Petersen, P. Australian Neuroptera. Part ii. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 40:56-74. (1915).Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:34QD2. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.