Ascalaphus (insect)

Ascalaphus is a genus of owlfly belonging to the tribe Ascalaphini.^[1] The species of this genus are found in Africa and Asia.^[2]

Ascalaphus
Ascalaphus sinister photographed in Kadavoor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Neuroptera
Family:	Ascalaphidae
Subfamily:	Ascalaphinae
Genus:	Ascalaphus Fabricius, 1775
Species
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Species

There are around 23 valid species in this genus:^[3]

• Ascalaphus abdominalis (Kimmins, 1949)
• Ascalaphus aethiopicus (Kimmins, 1949)
• Ascalaphus africanus (McLachlan, 1871)
• Ascalaphus barbarus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Ascalaphus bilineatus (Kolbe, 1897)
• Ascalaphus clavicornis Lichtenstein, 1796
• Ascalaphus dicax Walker, 1853
• Ascalaphus festivus (Rambur, 1842)
• Ascalaphus libelluloides van der Weele, 1909
• Ascalaphus lloydi (Kimmins, 1949)
• Ascalaphus longistigma (McLachlan, 1871)
• Ascalaphus minutus Tjeder, 1986
• Ascalaphus pallidulus Prost, 2013
• Ascalaphus placidus (Gerstaecker, 1894)
• Ascalaphus procax Walker, 1853
• Ascalaphus prothoracicus (Kimmins, 1949)
• Ascalaphus quadrimaculatus Lichtenstein, 1796
• Ascalaphus rougoni Prost, 2013
• Ascalaphus rusticus Lichtenstein, 1796
• Ascalaphus sinister Walker, 1853
• Ascalaphus tessellatus Lichtenstein, 1796
• Ascalaphus vitreipennis Gistel, 1856
• Ascalaphus worthingtoni (Kimmins, 1949)