Vella (insect)

Vella
Vella americana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Neuroptera
Family:	Myrmeleontidae
Subfamily:	Myrmeleontinae
Tribe:	Acanthaclisini
Genus:	Vella Navas, 1913

Vella is a genus of antlions in the family Myrmeleontidae. There are about five described species in Vella.

Species

These five species belong to the genus Vella:

• Vella americana (Drury, 1773) ^{i c g b}
• Vella assimilis (Banks, 1908) ^{i c g}
• Vella eggerti Esben-Petersen, 1928 ^{i c g}
• Vella fallax (Rambur, 1842) ^{i c g b}
• Vella flaccida Navás, 1917 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Gallery

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  V. americana in Florida.
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  V. eggerti in the Dominican Republic.
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  V. fallax fallax collected in Nicaragua.
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  V. fallax texana in Arizona.

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