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  2. List of largest insects - Wikipedia

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    The largest is the dobsonfly Acanthacorydalis fruhstorferi, which can have a wingspan of up to 21.6 cm (8.5 in), making it the largest aquatic insect in the world by this measurement. [38] This species is native to China and Vietnam, and its body can be up to 10.5 cm (4.1 in) long. [39]

  3. Antlion - Wikipedia

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    The African genus Palpares contains some of the largest examples. Acanthaclisis occitanica is the largest European species, with an 11 cm (4.3 in) wingspan, and most North American species approach this size. [4] The adult has two pairs of long, narrow, multiveined, translucent wings and a long, slender abdomen.

  4. Neuroptera - Wikipedia

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    The insect order Neuroptera, or net-winged insects, includes the lacewings, mantidflies, antlions, and their relatives. The order consists of some 6,000 species . [ 1 ] Neuroptera is grouped together with the Megaloptera ( alderflies , fishflies , and dobsonflies ) and Raphidioptera (snakeflies) in the unranked taxon Neuropterida (once known as ...

  5. Meganeuropsis - Wikipedia

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    Meganeuropsis is an extinct genus of griffinfly, order Meganisoptera, known from the Early Permian Wellington Formation of North America, and represents the largest known insect of all time. Meganeuropsis existed during the Artinskian age of the Permian period , 290.1–283.5 mya . [ 1 ]

  6. Meganeura - Wikipedia

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    The genus belongs to the Meganeuridae, a family including other similarly giant dragonfly-like insects ranging from the Late Carboniferous to Middle Permian. With single wing length reaching 32 centimetres (13 in) [1] and a wingspan about 65–75 cm (2.13–2.46 ft), [2] [3] [4] M. monyi is one of the largest-known flying insect species.

  7. Euroleon nostras - Wikipedia

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    Euroleon nostras is a species of antlion found over most of Europe. [1] [2] The scientific name can be translated as "our European [ant] lion".[3] [4] Adults resemble dragonflies or damselflies and may reach up to 30 mm (1.2 in) long, with a wingspan of 70 mm (2.8 in).

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  9. Hexapoda - Wikipedia

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    The subphylum Hexapoda (from Greek for 'six legs') or hexapods comprises the largest clade of arthropods and includes most of the extant arthropod species. It includes the crown group class Insecta (true insects), as well as the much smaller clade Entognatha, which includes three classes of wingless arthropods that were once considered insects: Collembola (springtails), Protura (coneheads) and ...