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Neuroptera
C. Linnaeus, 1758
- lacewings
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Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
....Naturalia - natural bodies
......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Unikonta
............Opisthokonta
..............Holozoa
................Kingdom Animalia - animals
..................Epitheliozoa
....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
......................Bilateria - bilaterians
........................Eubilateria
..........................Protostomia
............................Ecdysozoa - ecdysozoans
..............................Superphylum Panarthropoda
................................Phylum Arthropoda - arthropods
..................................Euarthropoda
....................................Mandibulata
......................................Crustaceomorpha
........................................Labrophora
..........................................Subphylum Pancrustacea
............................................Altocrustacea
..............................................Miracrustacea
................................................(Hexapoda) - insects
..................................................(Insecta) - insects
....................................................(Dicondylia)
......................................................(Pterygota)
........................................................Metapterygota
..........................................................Neoptera
............................................................Eumetabola
..............................................................Holometabola
................................................................Superorder Neuropterida
..................................................................Order Megaloptera - alderflies
..................................................................Order †Protoneuroptera
..................................................................Order Raphidioptera - snakeflies
..................................................................Order Neuroptera - lacewings
....................................................................Genus †Mesohemerobius
....................................................................Family †Permithonidae
....................................................................Suborder Hemerobiiformia
....................................................................Suborder Myrmeleontiformia
....................................................................Suborder Nevrorthiformia
....................................................................»Genus †Cratosisyrops
....................................................................»Genus Ephemera
....................................................................»Genus Hemerobius
....................................................................»Genus Libellula
....................................................................»Genus Myrmeleon - ant lion
....................................................................»Genus Panorpa - scorpion fly
....................................................................»Genus Phryganea
....................................................................»Genus Raphidia
....................................................................»Family Ascalaphidae - owlflies
....................................................................»Family Berothidae - beaded lacewings
....................................................................»Family Chrysopidae - green lacewings
....................................................................»Family Coniopterygidae - dustywings
....................................................................»Family Dilaridae - pleasing lacewings
....................................................................»Family Hemerobiidae - brown lacewings
....................................................................»Family Mantispidae - mantispid lacewings
....................................................................»Family Myrmeleontidae - antlions
....................................................................»Family Nevrorthidae
....................................................................»Family Nymphidae - split-footed lacewings
....................................................................»Family Osmylidae - osmylid lacewings
....................................................................»Family Psychopsidae - silky lacewings
....................................................................»Family Rhachiberothidae - thorny lacewings
....................................................................»Family Sisyridae - spongillaflies
....................................................................(Genus Libella)
....................................................................(Infraorder Hemerobiiforma)
....................................................................(Infraorder Myrmeleontoidea)
....................................................................(Suborder Megaloptera)
....................................................................(Suborder Planipennia)
....................................................................(Suborder Raphidiodea) - snakeflies
....................................................................(Suborder Raphidioidea)
....................................................................(Suborder Sialodea)
Paleontology
Geologic time
:
Permian
-
Present
Ref:
T.I. Storer et al., 1979
: 595
Ecology/Strategies
Feeding strategy
:
Ambush predation
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Last updated: 7 Apr 2012