Net-winged insects
Lacewing
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Superorder: Endopterygota Order: Neuroptera Linnaeus, 1758
Superfamilies
see text Lacewing Image copyleft: Image taken by me, released under GFDL Pollinator 03:48, Nov 9, 2004 (UTC) ( ) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Suborders Megaloptera Raphidiodea Planipennia The insect order Neuroptera, or net-winged insects, includes the fishflies, snakeflies, lacewings and antlions. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... For other uses, see Animal (disambiguation). ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - spiders,scorpions, etc. ... Orders Subclass Apterygota Archaeognatha (bristletails) Thysanura (silverfish) Subclass Pterygota Infraclass Paleoptera (Probably paraphyletic) Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass Neoptera Superorder Exopterygota Grylloblattodea (ice-crawlers) Mantophasmatodea (gladiators) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Embioptera (webspinners) Zoraptera (angel insects) Dermaptera (earwigs) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, etc) Phasmatodea (stick insects) Blattodea (cockroaches) Isoptera (termites) Mantodea (mantids) Psocoptera... Orders Coleoptera (beetles) Diptera (flies and relatives) Hymenoptera (wasps and relatives) Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) Mecoptera Megaloptera Miomoptera (extinct) Neuroptera Raphidioptera (snakeflies) Siphonaptera (fleas) Strepsiptera Trichoptera (caddisflies) The Endopterygota, also known as Holometabola, are insects of the subclass Pterygota which go through distinctive larval, pupal, and adult stages. ... Carl Linnaeus, Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as  , (May 23, 1707[1] – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[2] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ...

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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)^[1] is used to refer to these three orders as a group. Orders Subclass Apterygota Archaeognatha (bristletails) Thysanura (silverfish) Subclass Pterygota Infraclass Paleoptera (Probably paraphyletic) Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass Neoptera Superorder Exopterygota Grylloblattodea (ice-crawlers) Mantophasmatodea (gladiators) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Embioptera (webspinners) Zoraptera (angel insects) Dermaptera (earwigs) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, etc) Phasmatodea (stick insects) Blattodea (cockroaches) Isoptera (termites) Mantodea (mantids) Psocoptera... In scientific classification used in biology, the order (Latin: ordo, plural ordines) is a rank between class and family (termed a taxon at that rank). ... Suborders Megaloptera Raphidiodea Planipennia The insect order Neuroptera, or net-winged insects, includes the fishflies, snakeflies, lacewings and antlions. ... Genera Climaciella Drepanicus Entanoneura Mantispa Nolima Plega Mantidflies, also called mantid lacewings are small (20-47mm) winged insects in the family Mantispidae. ... Antlions are a family of insects in the order Neuroptera, classified as Myrmeleontidae (sometimes spelled as Myrmeleonidae), from the Greek myrmex, meaning ant, and leo(n), meaning lion; the most known genus is Myrmeleo. ... Alderfly is the name given to neuropterous insects of the family Sialidae, related to the ant-lions, with long filamentous antennae and four large wings, of which the anterior pair is rather longer than the posterior. ... Suborders Suborder Schistonota  Superfamily Baetoidea    Siphlonuridae    Baetidae    Oniscigastridae    Ameletopsidae    Ametropodidae  Superfamily Heptagenioidea    Coloburiscidae    Oligoneuriidae    Isonychiidae    Heptageniidae  Superfamily Leptophlebioidea    Leptophlebiidae  Superfamily Ephemeroidea    Behningiidae    Potamanthidae    Euthyplociidae    Polymitarcydae    Ephemeridae    Palingeniidae Suborder Pannota  Superfamily Ephemerelloidea    Ephemerellidae    Leptohyphidae    Tricorythidae  Superfamily Caenoidea    Neoephemeridae    Baetiscidae    Caenidae    Prosopistomatidae The mayflies belong to the order Ephemeroptera (Ephemeroptera: Greek Ephemeros... Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) The name dobsonfly refers to any species of the genus Corydalus (family Corydalidae). ... Families Inocellidae Raphidiidae Snakeflies (suborder Raphidioptera) are a group of insect, under subclass Pterygota, order Neuroptera. ... Families Sialidae - Alderflies Corydalidae - Dobsonflies & Fishflies Megaloptera, from the Greek words mega, meaning large, and ptera, meaning wing, is an order of insects containing alderflies, dobsonflies and fishflies. ... Families See text Snakeflies (order Raphidioptera) are a group of insect, under subclass Pterygota. ...

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. In the circulatory system, a vein is a blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart. ... A Pieris rapae larva An older Pieris rapae larva A Pieris rapae pupa A Pieris rapae adult Metamorphosis is a process in biology by which an individual physically develops after birth or hatching, and involves significant change in form as well as growth and differentiation. ...

Taxonomy

Life cycle of lacewings

• Superfamily Coniopterygoidea
  • Family Coniopterygidae: dustywings
• Superfamily Ithonioidea
  • Family Ithonidae: moth lacewings
• Superfamily Hemerobioidea
  • Family Chrysopidae: green lacewings, stinkflies
  • Family Dilaridae: pleasing lacewings
  • Family Hemerobiidae: brown lacewings
  • Family Polystoechotidae: giant Lacewings
  • Family Psychopsidae
• Superfamily Osmyloidea
  • Family Osmylidae
  • Family Neurorthidae
  • Family Sisyridae: spongillaflies
• Superfamily Mantispoidea
  • Family Berothidae: beaded lacewings
  • Family Mantispidae: mantidflies
• Superfamily Myrmeleontoidea
  • Family Palaeoleontidae
  • Family Ascalaphidae: ascalaphids, owlflies
  • Family Myrmeleontidae: ant-lions
  • Family Nemopteridae: spoonwings
  • Family Nymphidae

Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 337 pixelsFull resolution (983 × 414 pixel, file size: 203 KB, MIME type: image/png) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 337 pixelsFull resolution (983 × 414 pixel, file size: 203 KB, MIME type: image/png) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Genera See text Green lacewings are insects in the very large family Chrysopidae of the order Neuroptera. ... Genera See text. ... Subfamilies Eidoporisminae Kempyninae Osmylinae Porisminae Spilosmylinae Stenosmylinae Osmylidae are a family of winged insects of the order Neuroptera. ... Genera see text Mantispidae is a family of small (20–47 mm) neuropterous insects, known as mantid-flies, mantid lacewings or mantis-flies. ... Subfamilies Albardiinae Ascalaphinae Haplogleniinae Owlflies are dragonfly-like insects with large bulging eyes and long knobbed antennae. ... Subfamilies Albardiinae Ascalaphinae Haplogleniinae Owlflies are dragonfly-like insects with large bulging eyes and long knobbed antennae. ... Antlions are a family of insects, classified as Myrmeleontidae, from the Greek myrmex, meaning ant, and leon, meaning lion. Antlions are small, fully developed larvae being 1. ... Spoonwings or Nemopteridae are a family of neuropteran insects. ...

References

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

• Grimaldi, D. and Engel, M.S. (2005). Evolution of the Insects. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-82149-5. 

David Grimaldi (entomologist) (born September 22, 1957) is an entomologist and Curator of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. ... Michael S. Engel (born 24 September 1971 in Creve Coeur, Missouri) is a paleontologist and entomologist. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The headquarters of the Cambridge University Press, in Trumpington Street, Cambridge. ...

External Links

Illustrated database of Neuroptera (insects)

Ascalaphus libelluloides, an owlfly Image File history File links Size of this preview: 532 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (909 × 1024 pixel, file size: 109 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ...

Euroleon nostras, an ant-lion Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

Antlion larva Image File history File links Antlion larva, own picture, June 2004, Germany, File links The following pages link to this file: Antlion ...

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