Myrmecaelurus A. Costa, 1855

Diagnosis. Mandibles with 3 teeth, the median tooth is the largest and closer to the apical tooth than to the basal tooth; the median and apical teeth are directly in contact and not separated by setae; external margin of the mandibles covered by long setae; ocular tubercle not prominent; pronotum covered with short and robust bristles; spiracles sessile; thorax equipped with sessile setiferous processes; metathoracic legs with a fringe of setae; VIII abdominal sternite without odontoid processes and provided with numerous digging setae; IX abdominal sternite ventrally covered by digging setae and equipped with very large rastra.

Examined species. M. trigrammus (Pallas, 1771) .

Comments. The mainly Palaearctic genus Myrmecaelurus is not well delimited and it is often subdivided in different subgenera (Aspöck et al. 1980), in some case raised to genus level (Krivokhatsky 2011). The presence of notable morphological differences in the larvae belonging to Aspoeckiana Hölzel, 1969 and Nohoveus Navás, 1919 (Krivokhatsky 2011) further supports their status as separated genera.