FAUNA Paraguay Gallery of Ant-lion (Myrmeleontidae) Images
Note the short antennae with hooked clubs. The large-jawed larvae construct "sand traps" and prey largely on ants, hence the common name. A total of 14 species are known to occur in Paraguay. Those marked with * are represented by images in the image gallery. We currently have images of 5 species:

Dimarella praedator (Walker)
*Dimares elegans (Perty)
ENDEremoleon pulcher (Esben-Petersen)
*Glenurus croesus Banks
Glenurus peculiaris (Walker)
*Glenurus penningtoni
Ameromyia dimidiata Navás
Argentoleon irrigatus (Gerstaecker)
Argentoleon longitudinalis (Navás)
Austroleon dispar Banks
Myrmeleon (Nehornius) obscurus (Navás)
*Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) argentinus Banks 
Porrerus famelicus Navás
*Vella fallax (Rambur)

Links to papers on the Myrmeleontidae of Paraguay can be downloaded by by clicking the links below:
Stange L 2010 - Preliminary report on the Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera) of Paraguay - Insecta Mundi 114.

Petko O, Smith P, Stange L, Ríos S. 2016. New antlion records (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) from Paraguay. Insecta Mundi 487: 1-8.
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(FPMYR001PH) FIGURE 1 - Dimarella sp. - Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith February 2010).
(FPMYR002PH) FIGURE 2 - Dimares elegans form elegans female- Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Olga Petko CZPLT specimen Para La Tierra).
(FPMYR003PH) FIGURE 3 - Dimares elegans form elegans female- Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith February 2010).
(FPMYR004PH) FIGURE 4 - Dimares elegans form lepida female- Laguna Capitán, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Paul Smith March 2015).
(FPMYR005PH) FIGURE 5 - Glenurus croesus - Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Olga Petko CZPLT specimen Para La Tierra).
(FPMYR006PH) FIGURE 6 - Glenurus croesus - Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith October 2008).
(FPMYR007PH) FIGURE 7 - Glenurus penningtoni - Parque Nacional Defensores del Chaco, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Sergio Rios MNHNP specimen).
(FPMYR008PH) FIGURE 8 - Myrmeleon argentinus Banks - Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith October 2008).
(FPMYR009PH) FIGURE 9 - Vella fallax - Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith October 2008).
(FPMYR010PH) FIGURE 10 - Vella fallax - Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Olga Petko CZPLT specimen Para La Tierra).
(FPMYR011PH) FIGURE 11 - Larval pit trap, PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón  (Paul Smith August 2011).