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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 ...
Articles relating to the Neuroptera (net-winged insects), an order which includes the lacewings, mantidflies, antlions, and their relatives. The order consists of some 6,000 species . Neuroptera can be grouped together with the Megaloptera and Raphidioptera in the unranked taxon Neuropterida (once known as Planipennia) including: alderflies ...
Historically, they were known as Neuroptera, but this name nowadays refers to lacewings and their relatives (e.g. antlions) only, which formerly were known as Planipennia. Part of the Holometabola and related to beetles, they can be considered an unranked taxon. Arguably, the Holometabola might be considered an unranked clade instead, and be ...
Neuroptera, or net-winged insects, includes the lacewings, mantidflies, antlions, and their relatives. The order contains about 6,000 species . [ 1 ] The group was once known as Planipennia , and at that time also included alderflies , fishflies , dobsonflies , and snakeflies , but these are now generally considered to be separate orders (the ...
Ascalaphidae is a family of insects in the order Neuroptera, commonly called owlflies; there are some 450 extant species.They are fast-flying crepuscular or diurnal predators of other flying insects, and have large bulging eyes and strongly knobbed antennae.
Pages in category "Neuroptera families" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Berothidae; C.
Campodeiform larva of Micromus. Hemerobiidae is a family of Neuropteran insects commonly known as brown lacewings, comprising about 500 species in 28 genera.Most are yellow to dark brown, but some species are green.
Pages in category "Neuroptera genera" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Ascalaphus (insect) B.