Genus Climacia

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited

Some brown lacewing, maybe? - Climacia californica - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Neuroptera (Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies)

Suborder Hemerobiiformia (Lacewings and Allies)

Family Sisyridae (Spongilla Lacewings)

Genus Climacia

Explanation of Names

Climacia McLachlan, 1869

Numbers

3 spp. in our area;(1) 21 spp. total(2)

Identification

Keys to larvae and adults in Bowles (2006).(3)

Range

much of NA, as follows(1):

C. areolaris widespread eastern (Canada: ON, QC; United States: AL, AR, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, TX, VA, VT, WI)

C. californica CA, ID

C. chapini NM, OK, TX

Works Cited

1.	Species catalog of the Neuroptera, Megaloptera, and Raphidioptera of America North of Mexico Penny N.D., Adams P.A., Stange L.A. 1997. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 50: 39‒114.

2.	Taxonomic revision and first phylogeny of Climacia McLachlan, 1869, with new species and identification key Alice Carvalho Assmar, Renato José Pires Machado, & Adolfo Ricardo Calor. 2022. Zoologischer Anzeiger 299: 128-175.

3.	Spongillaflies (Neuroptera: Sisyridae) Of North America With A Key To The Larvae And Adults David E. Bowles. 2006. Zootaxa 1357: 1-19.

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 28 June, 2007 - 4:21pm
Additional contributions by v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 1 October, 2022 - 1:42am

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