Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Galapagoleon darwini
Hormiga león, Antlion
Predator; arid zone; January, March-May. Maximum flight activity seems to be about 1900 h (Baert et al. 1992).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Neuroptera
Suborder
Myrmeleontiformia
Superfamily
Myrmeleontoidea
Family
Myrmeleontidae
Genus
Galapagoleon
Species
darwini
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Brachynemurus darwini, fide Peck (2001)
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- 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.
- 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, Galapagoleon darwini", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5899. Accessed 5 June 2026.