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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings and Allies (Neuroptera) » Beaded Lacewings (Berothidae) » Lomamyia

Genus Lomamyia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Neuroptera (Antlions, Lacewings and Allies)
Family Berothidae (Beaded Lacewings)
Genus Lomamyia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Lomamyia Banks, 1904
Explanation of Names
From Greek loma a hem or fringe, plus myia, a fly (1).
Numbers
Twelve species (2)
Size
Circa 13 mm
Identification
Adults are similar to brown lacewings but usually have falcate (notched) forewings.
Range
Includes eastern North America.
Life Cycle
Eggs are stalked, laid on wood surfaces near termite nests. Larvae live with and prey on termites, using an immobilizing gas (containing an allomone) discharged from their anus (2)(3) (Johnson and Hagen, 1981). Adults come to lights.
See Also
Hemerobiidae - Brown Lacewings
Print References
Borror, entries for loma, myia (1).
Brimley, p. 30, lists L. flavicornis for North Carolina. (4) See Neuroptera of Florida for a more up-to-date species list.
Johnson, J. B. and K. S. Hagen (1981). A neuropterous larva uses an allomone to attack termites. Nature 289: 506 - 507 (abstract)
Internet References
more information on the family guide page: Berothidae
North Carolina State University Entomology Collection lists L. flavicornis for that state, with 13 pinned.
Neuroptera of Florida lists four species for that state, listing overall ranges, and notes the possibility of three undescribed species.
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
By Donald J. Borror
2.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
By Ross H. Arnett
3.Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects
By Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn
4.Insects of North Carolina
By C.S. Brimley
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 8 March, 2005 - 12:40am
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 1 July, 2009 - 3:57pm

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