1 1CIRAD, UMR CBGP, 755 Av. du Campus Agropolis, CS 30016, FR-34988 Montferrier-sur-Lez, France. . bruno.michel@cirad.fr.
2 3Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique /Institut de l'Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (CNRST/INERA) BP 476, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. . akoudjim@yahoo.fr.
Three antlion species, Myrmeleon croceus n. sp., Myrmeleon foucarti n. sp. and Myrmeleon nemoleontoides n. sp. from West Africa are described and illustrated. Information on their distribution, ecology and predators is provided.