Genus Micromus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · See Also · Internet References

Illinois data point? - Micromus posticus

lacewing of some kind? - Micromus subanticus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Neuroptera (Antlions, Lacewings and Allies)

Family Hemerobiidae (Brown Lacewings)

Genus Micromus

Explanation of Names

Author is Rambur, 1842.

Numbers

Nearctica.com lists 8 species.

Identification

Note comparatively small eye, structure of mouthparts--palps do not have an apiculus. Compare heads of Hemerobius and Micromus below and see discussion under the left-hand image of Hemerobius:

See also this diagram from the University of Florida.

See Also

Symperhobius

Hemerobius

Internet References

Univ. Florida: Brown Lacewings

Contributed by Mike Boone on 18 August, 2006 - 11:21am
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 21 April, 2007 - 6:38am

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