Author(s): Szentkirályi, F. & Kazinczy, L.
Title: Seasonal flight patterns of antlions (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae) monitored by the Hungarian light trap network
Year: 2002
Volume: 48
Pages: 311-328.
Abstract: Generally, the seasonal activity of adult antlions lasted from early May to the end of September, and mass flight occurred in the period early June–late August. Time series analytical methods detected three characteristic species-groups with different seasonal flight-types. The three groups were: (a) earlier active "late spring-early summer" flying antlions (Megistopus flavicornis, Myrmeleon formicarius, Nohoveus punctulatus); (b) intermediate "early and mid-summer" flying antlions (Distoleon tetragrammicus, Myrmeleon inconspicuus, Myrmecaelurus trigrammus); (c) later "mid- and late summer" flying antlions (Creoleon plumbeus, Euroleon nostras, Acanthaclisis occitanica). Within groups the flight patterns were synchronised. One to four 10-day interval temporal separations were found between general activity patterns of groups. Further studies are needed to understand the ecological background to the differences between the seasonal flights of myrmeleontid species.
Keywords: Myrmeleontidae, antlion adults, flight activity pattern, seasonality, temporal separation
Journal: Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
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ISSN: 1217-8837
Publisher: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest
Editor(s): Matskási, I., Peregovits, L. & Sziráki, Gy.
