Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Myrmeleon timidus
Predator; arid zone mostly, to pampa zone; January-June; at lights, malaise traps.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Neuroptera
Suborder
Myrmeleontiformia
Superfamily
Myrmeleontoidea
Family
Myrmeleontidae
Genus
Myrmeleon
Species
timidus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Myrmeleon perpilosus Banks, 1924; Syn.: Myrmeleon perpilosus Banks, 1924 fide Roskov et al. (2013)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Baert, L.L. Desender, K. & Peck, S.B. (1992) New Data on the Neuroptera of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 62: 143-147.
- Banks, N. (1924) Neuroptera from the Williams Galapagos Expedition. Zoologica 5(17): 177-180.
- Klimaszewski, J. Kevan, D.K.McE. & Peck, S.B. (1987) A review of the Neuroptera of the Galápagos Islands with a new record for Sympherobius barberi (Banks) (Hermerobiidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 65(12): 3032-3040.
- Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
- Linsley, E.G. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
- Parkin, P. Parkin D.T., Ewing, A.W. & Ford, H.A. (1972) A report on the arthropods collected by the Edinburgh University Galapagos Islands Expedition, 1968. The Pan-pacific Entomologist 48: 100-107.
- Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.
- Roskov Y. Kunze T., Paglinawan L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Hernandez F., De Wever A., (eds.) (2013) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2013 Annual Checklist Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2013/. Species 2000: Reading, UK
- Stange, L.A. (1969) Myrmeleontidae of the Galapagos Islands (Insecta: Neuroptera). Acta Zoologica Lilloana 15(17): 187-198.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Myrmeleon timidus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=17983. Accessed 3 November 2026.