蚁蛉生物学研究进展

Research progress in biology of Myrmeleontidae

蚁蛉科Myrmeleontidae昆虫的幼虫俗称蚁狮,我国古人很早就将其入药,是一种具有良好开发利用前景的药用昆虫。文章对蚁蛉分类学、生物学、人工饲养、药用价值和杀虫活性物质分离等方面的研究进行综述,以期较全面了解蚁蛉的研究进展,为进一步研究、开发和利用蚁蛉提供参考。

The larva of Myrmeleontidae,called ant-lion,had been used as medicine long ago in China.It is a kind of medical insect which has great potentiality to develop new medicines.For finding out research development of Myrmeleontidae more clearly and providing a reference for further researches and exploitation of the insect,the researches of taxonomy,biology,raising techniques,remedial function and insecticidal activities on it are summarized.