Los mirmeleónidos (hormigas-león) de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares (Insecta, Neuropterida, Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae)

Abstract

We review the ants-lion (Insecta, Neuropterida, Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) species known from the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands. With very different degrees of presence, frequence and abundance, 26 ant-lion species belonging to 15 genera of this family are known in the area studied. Of these, an identification key of imagoes is provided, all the existing bibliographical information from the area is compiled, and a review of current knowledge about their biology and larval stages as well as their phaenological and altitudinal distribution in the studied region is provided. For 24 of these 26 species, new data on their distribution and biology within in the area are also provided.