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  God of Insects - Museum: Neuroptera (=Planipennia)
Neuroptera is an order that still remains to be worked on by scientists.
The ordinal name "Neuroptera" is derived from the Greek words for “nerve-wing” and references the extensive veining in the wings of most Neuropterans.
The earliest Neuroptera fossils date back to the Permian period (225-280 million years ago) and mark Neuropterans as being the first insects to exhibit complete metamorphosis.
godofinsects.com /museum/order.php?oid=27   (289 words)

  
  NEUROPTERA - LoveToKnow Article on NEUROPTERA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Sialidae or alder-flies (q.v.) differ from other Neuroptera in the jaws of the larvawhich is aquatic, breathing by paired, jointed abdominal gillsresembling those of the imago, and being adapted for the mastication of solid food.
They may be distinguished from the Neuroptera by the elongation of the head into a beak, the small prothorax, the narrow, elongate wings with predominantly longitudinal neuration, the presence of abdominal cerci and the eruciform larva.
They are abundantly distinct from the Neuroptera and Mecaptera, through the absence of mandibles in the imago, the maxillaeboth pairs of which possess the typical inner and outel lobes and jointed paipsforming a suctorial apparatus.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /N/NE/NEUROPTERA.htm   (4305 words)

  
 AcZF 209, 1998
We were given a lecture on the Neuroptera in Internet, and we discussed research projects either in progress or at the planning stage under the direction of Professor Horst Aspöck.
In the 1990s, different aspects of Neuroptera in Istria and Quarnero have been studied: Neuroptera in different plant communities and habitats, populations of Libelloides macaronius (Scopoli), and feeding habits of certain Neuroptera, such as predatory behaviour in antlion larvae and gut content in adults of Neuroptera.
The nature of lipids of the green lacewing Chrysoperla kolthoffi (Navás) was investigated in a population originating from the centre of France, at the beginning (September) and at the end (April) of the winter reproductive diapause.
www.sekj.org /acz/acz209.htm   (7072 words)

  
 Order Neuroptera
The modern English translation "nerve-wings" is appropriate because it alludes to the extensive branching found in the wing veins of most Neuroptera.
The order Neuroptera includes the lacewings and antlions (suborder Planipennia), dobsonflies and alderflies (suborder Megaloptera) and snakeflies (suborder Raphidoidea).
Neuroptera are medium-sized insects that have many-veined wings.
www.nfi.org.za /inverts/neuroptera.htm   (365 words)

  
 neuroptera_page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Neuroptera, along with the smaller orders, Raphidioptera and Megaloptera, are among the oldest Holometabola, many exhibiting a variety of primitive characteristics (Hennig 1981, New 1989, Kristensen 1999).
Neuroptera are a moderately sized order of more than 6000 species represented in all major biogeographical regions, with their greatest diversity and abundance in the tropics.
As larvae, many Neuroptera are characteristically voracious generalist predators of other insects, especially the green lacewings (Chrysopidae), brown lacewings (Hemerobiidae) and antlions (Myrmeleontidae), but several lineages have become highly specialized, such as the spider egg-sac predatory Mantispidae, the freshwater sponge-feeding Sisyridae, and the root exudate feeding Ithonidae.
home.earthlink.net /~shaunw2/neuroptera_page.htm   (836 words)

  
 Insect Orders
Neuroptera are rather fragile insects with two pairs of many-veined wings of about the same size.
Most Neuroptera hold their wings roof-like over the abdomen but some like dobsonflies overlap their wings.
Male dobsonflies have long sickle shaped jaws that are used to hold the female during mating.
insects.tamu.edu /fieldguide/orders/neuroptera.html   (199 words)

  
 Aquatic Neuroptera (Sisyridae) of Michigan - Keys - Aquatic Insects of Michigan
Aquatic Neuroptera (Sisyridae) of Michigan - Keys - Aquatic Insects of Michigan
Neuroptera is a very large, almost exclusively terrestrial order.
The spongilla-flies, with special reference to those of the Western Hemisphere (Sisyridae, Neuroptera).
insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu /~ethanbr/aim/Keys/Neuroptera/id_nom.html   (1323 words)

  
 Indice volumen 2
We investigated the ecology and behavior of the larvae of Albardia furcata (Neuroptera, Ascalaphidae) in southeastern Brazil, with field observations regarding patterns of larval use of rock shelters, egg placement, pupation, and phenology; additional information from the laboratory is presented regarding prey preferences, eclosion, and post-eclosion behavior.
A synonym in the genus Chrysopa (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae).
Tauber, C.A. Taxonomy and biology of the lacewing genus Meleoma (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae).
www.ucm.es /info/zoo/Artropodos/JofN/Voldos.html   (5803 words)

  
 Gordon's Neuroptera Page
The Neuroptera are a diverse yet fascinating group of about 5 400 species of insects which seem so often to miss out on the attention they deserve.
Taxonomically the Neuroptera are a diverse group and many authors split them into a number of separate orders Normally these include the Megaloptera and the 'Planipennia' as the Neuroptera though others will split the Raphidiidae (Snakeflies) of from the Megaloptera as a separate order as well.
Provisional Atlas of the lacewings and allied insects (Neuroptera, Megaloptera, Rhaphidioptera and Mecoptera) of Britain and Ireland.
www.earthlife.net /insects/neurop.html   (1396 words)

  
 Megaloptera spit out from Neuroptera? - BugGuide.Net
Talk to an aquatic entomologist, and they all say Megaloptera (the aquatic neuroptera) are elevated to order.
(Neuroptera is a rather small order already.) So I see no reason to move Megaloptera out of neuroptera.
As I said, I like the suborder idea, because there are already so many orders, and the Neuroptera are a well-known, traditional groupage of related families.
bugguide.net /node/view/30938   (508 words)

  
 Brown Lacewings (of Florida) (Insecta: Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae)
Larva of a brown lacewing (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) preparing to attack and feed on an aphid.
Smith, R.C. Notes on the Neuroptera and Mecoptera of Kansas, with keys to the identification of species.
This document is EENY-225 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular 227), one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida.
edis.ifas.ufl.edu /IN382   (1683 words)

  
 Neuroptera
Adams, P. Studies in the Neuroptera, with special reference to wing structure and evolution in the Osmyloidea.
Phylogeny of the apochrysine green lacewings (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae: Apochrysinae).
The Antlions and Lacewings (Neuroptera) of South Africa
tolweb.org /tree?group=Neuroptera&contgroup=Endopterygota   (724 words)

  
 Dobsonfly
At present, this megalopteran dobsonfly is the only Neuropteran record in the Entophiles database.
Neuroptera are sometimes split into the three separate orders of Megaloptera, Raphidiodea and Neuroptera.
Neuroptera groups include alderflies, donsonflies, fishflies, mantidflies, lacewings, antlions and owlflies.
www.insects.org /entophiles/neuroptera/neur_001.html   (103 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Neuroptera   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Mecoptera, Megaloptera, Neuroptera (Handbooks for the identification of British insects) by F. C Fraser (Unknown Binding - 1959)
Neuroptera fauna of North-East India (Records of the Zoological Survey of India) by S. K Ghosh (Unknown Binding - 2000)
An antlion (Neuroptera) and a stonefly (Plecoptera) of Cretaceous age from Labrador, Newfoundland (Geological Survey of Canada.
www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Neuroptera&index=blended&page=1   (421 words)

  
 Neuroptera - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Neuroptera, widespread insect order containing about 4,300 species, including the ant-lions and lacewings.
Scientific classification: Lacewings belong to the order Neuroptera.
Green lacewings make up the family Chrysopidae, brown lacewings the family...
uk.encarta.msn.com /Neuroptera.html   (67 words)

  
 Neuroptera Bibliographies/NCState-AgNIC
Oswald, J. Revision of the Neotropical brown lacewing genus Nomerobius (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae).
Oswald, J. Phylogeny, taxonomy, and biogeography of extant silky lacewings (Insecta: Neuroptera: Psychopsidae).
Plant, C. Provisional Atlas of the Lacewings and Allied Insects: (Neuroptera, Megaloptera, Raphidioptera and Mecoptera) of Britain and Ireland.
www.lib.ncsu.edu /agnic/sys_entomology/ncstate/neuroptera.html   (674 words)

  
 Directory - Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Neuroptera   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Neuroptera  · cached · Classification and taxonomy, life history and ecology, anatomy, FAQ.
Order Neuroptera  · Photo and brief description of the order's characteristics.
Neuroptera  · cached · Photographs and links to information about Neuropterida collections in California.
www.incywincy.com /default?p=439591   (152 words)

  
 Neuroptera   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Originally the name Neuroptera belonged to a wittingly artificial taxon (which now can be regarded as paraphyletic and ancestral to all other Pterygota).
Subsequently, this taxon was broken down to a number of smaller natural orders, one of which was sometimes given the name Neuroptera.
This means many authors used the name Neuroptera as rank-based (while using non-typified names as rank-based is unpractical).
www.bio.pu.ru /win/entomol/KLUGE/nom/Neuroptera.htm   (180 words)

  
 EEB Associates: Marta Martínez Wells   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
We are interested in understanding the role of mating signals in reproductive isolation among cryptic species of insects.
Even though, it is not clear whether the changes in courtship song features precede, induce, or develop after speciation, courtship songs become a very important factor in the process of speciation, because they result in the formation of swarms of sibling species distinguished only by differences in their songs.
Green lacewings of the order Neuroptera, are a good case study to look at the role of courtship songs in reproductive isolation and at evolutionary changes in song features among closely related species.
www.eeb.uconn.edu /Associates/MWells/MWells.htm   (682 words)

  
 Neuroptera
The name Neuroptera is derived from the Greek word "neuron" meaning sinew and "ptera" meaning wings.
  The modern English translation "nerve-wings" is appropriate because it alludes to the extensive branching found in the wing veins of most Neuroptera.
  "Splitters" prefer to assign each of these groups to a separate order (Neuroptera, Megaloptera, and Raphidioptera, respectively), based on differences in structure and development.
www.cals.ncsu.edu /course/ent425/compendium/neurop~1.html   (778 words)

  
 EEB Faculty: Charles S. Henry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Behavioral ecology, morphology, systematics, and evolution of Neuroptera.
Behavioral responses of hybrid lacewings (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) to courtship songs.
Convergent evolution of courtship songs among cryptic species of the carnea-group of green lacewings (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae: Chrysoperla).
www.eeb.uconn.edu /faculty/henry/henry.htm   (601 words)

  
 Antlion Pit Bookstore: Entomology: Antlions and other Neuroptera
Advances in neuropterology : (Insecta: Neuroptera, Megaloptera, Raphidioptera): proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Neuropterology: Berg en Dal, Kruger National Park, Republic of South Africa, 3-4 February 1988
Provisional atlas of the lacewings and allied insects (Neuroptera, Megaloptera, Raphidioptera, and Mecoptera) of Britain and Ireland
Revision of the ant-lion tribe Brachynemurini of North America: (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) (University of California publications in entomology, v.
www.antlionpit.com /booksentomology_neurop.html   (392 words)

  
 Checklist: South African Antlions and Lacewings (Neuroptera)
Only one family of South African neuropterans, the Sisyridae, has an aquatic stage in its life cycle, but larvae of the family Osmylidae are associated with stream banks overseas, and this may be the case here too.
MANSELL, M. The antlions of southern Africa (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae): introduction and genus Bankisus Navás.
OHM, P. and HÖLZEL, H. Aspects of biogeography and phenology of Chrysopidae from the Republic of Sudan (Insecta: Neuroptera).
www.ru.ac.za /academic/departments/zooento/Martin/neuroptera.html   (472 words)

  
 Chironomidae Research Group
The key for Neuroptera can be found in Chapter 9 of the Guide to Aquatic Invertebrates of the Upper Midwest, pages 112-114.
Once you have keyed out your insect, you can use the photographs on this website to verify your identification.
There is only one family of aquatic Neuroptera.
www.entomology.umn.edu /midge/Neuroptera.htm   (93 words)

  
 Neuroptera of Florida
They are one of the most abundant groups of Neuroptera in Florida but are less commonly collected since they are the smallest species of the Neuroptera.
A synopsis of the Nearctic Chrysopidae with a key to the genera (Neuroptera).
Carpenter, F. A revision of the Nearctic Hemerobiidae, Berothidae, Sisyridae, Polystoechotidae and Dilaridae (Neuroptera).
www.fsca-dpi.org /Neuroptera/Neuroptera_of_Florida.htm   (5383 words)

  
 Lacewings & Antlions: Index of the Order Neuroptera
This page displays the single Neuroptera record currently available within the Entophiles database.
Select the thumbnail photograph of the Dobsonfly below to access the descriptive record for this insect.
Neuroptera have four large wings with elaborate venation that are usually held roof-like over their abdomens.
insects.org /entophiles/neuroptera/index.html   (53 words)

  
 NEUROPTERA.COM - Portal
Neuroptera.com is a portal, linking and supporting the study of insects in the Neuropterida group (i.e.
The bulk of research in this group is carried out on Neuroptera.
Many are important predators, such as Green-lacewings and Ant-lions, the most familiar members of the Neuroptera to non-specialists.
www.neuroptera.com /main.html   (1028 words)

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