Taxonomic changes
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Based on recent publications, we reassigned 1 spider and 3 antlion species to different genera in the Hungarian species list. The new names are: Emertonella quinqueguttata, Neleon inconspicuus, Neleon bore, Morter hyalinus.
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The new name of Euryopis quinqueguttata is Emertonella quinqueguttata. The new name of Myrmeleon inconspicuus is Neleon inconspicuus. The new name of Myrmeleon bore is Neleon bore. The new name of Myrmeleon hyalinus is Morter hyalinus.
Sources:
- Zheng, Y., Badano, D., Machado, R.J.P., Tu, Y., Aspöck, U., Aspöck, H. et al. (2026) UCE phylogenomics improves the classification of the cosmopolitan pit-building antlion tribe Myrmeleontini (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Myrmeleontinae). Systematic Entomology, 51(2), e70040
- Hu, C. H., Zhang, H., Jiang, M. J. & Liu, F. J. (2026b). Re-delimitation of the genus Emertonella (Araneae, Theridiidae, Hadrotarsinae) and taxonomic notes on Euryopis and Phycosoma from China. ZooKeys 1270: 285-305
Affected species:
- order: Araneae
- family: Theridiidae
- genus: Emertonella
- species: Emertonella quinqueguttata
- order: Neuroptera
- family: Myrmeleontidae
- genus: Neleon
- species: Neleon bore
- order: Neuroptera
- family: Myrmeleontidae
- genus: Neleon
- species: Neleon inconspicuus
- order: Neuroptera
- family: Myrmeleontidae
- genus: Morter
- species: Morter hyalinus