AY Honors/Insect/Neuroptera

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Net-winged insects | image = Lacewing3035.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = Lacewing | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Arthropoda | classis = Insecta | superordo = Endopterygota | ordo = Neuroptera | ordo_authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | subdivision_ranks = Superfamilies | subdivision = see text

The insect order Neuroptera, or net-winged insects, includes the lacewings, mantidflies, antlions, and their relatives (the group that was once known as the Planipennia). The order contains some 4000 species. Traditionally, the order also included alderflies, fishflies, dobsonflies, and snakeflies, but these are now generally considered to be separate orders (the Megaloptera and Raphidioptera). Sometimes the name Neuropteroidea (syn. Neuropterida)& is used to refer to these three orders as a group.

The adults of this order possess four membranous wings, with the forewings and hindwings about the same size, and with many veins. They have chewing mouthparts, and undergo complete metamorphosis. Most are predatory, but a few exceptions occur.

Taxonomy

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Partial phylogeny of the order.&

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Life cycle of lacewings

References

  1. http://mail.bio.pu.ru/win/entomol/KLUGE/nom/Neuropteroidea.htm
  2. Oswald, John D. 1995. Neuroptera. Lacewings, antlions, owlflies, etc. [1]

External Links

Illustrated database of Neuroptera (insects)

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