Genus Coniopteryx

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

Dustywings - a pastoral encounter - Coniopteryx

Dustywing, anterior - Coniopteryx - male

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 Coniopterygidae (Dusty Lacewings)

Subfamily Coniopteryginae

Genus Coniopteryx

Explanation of Names

Coniopteryx Curtis, 1834

Greek konios (κονιος) 'dusty' + pteryx (πτερυξ) 'wing'

Numbers

17 spp. in 2 subgenera in our area, all but 4 in the nominate subgenus; 6 spp. in 2 subgenera represented in e. NA(1)

Range

in our area, most spp. are western, esp. diverse in sw. US(1); C. tineiformis is most likely a true holarctic species, indigenous to NA (György Sziráki, pers. comm. to =v= 25.x.2011)

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.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 4 August, 2008 - 1:30pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, v belov
Last updated 30 November, 2020 - 5:25pm

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