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Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings and Allies (Neuroptera)
Neuropterida Species of the World catalogue
A Catalogue of the Species-Group Names of the Extant and Fossil Neuropterida (Insecta: Neuroptera, Megaloptera and Raphidioptera) of the World
Contributed by Cotinis on 12 April, 2009 - 3:39pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings and Allies (Neuroptera)
Bibliography of the Neuropterida
A searchable bibliography. Link updated 12 April 2009 as per comments below.
Contributed by Cotinis on 18 August, 2006 - 2:51pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings and Allies (Neuroptera)
A Guide To The Megaloptera And Aquatic Neuroptera Of Florida
Quite extensive, 78 pages or so--I'm surprised nobody has posted this before. Contains neat little details, such as a key to the two Chauliodes and Nigronia species.

Link updated (again) 31 May 2009.
Contributed by Cotinis on 10 November, 2004 - 9:59pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings and Allies (Neuroptera)
A Preliminary Survey of the Megaloptera of Oklahoma
Megaloptera are sometimes placed in a separate order from neuroptera.

Has some keys, descriptions.
Contributed by Cotinis on 10 November, 2004 - 5:23pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings and Allies (Neuroptera)
A Checklist and Bibliography of the Megaloptera and Neuroptera of Florida
A checklist with extensive annotations.
Contributed by Cotinis on 7 June, 2004 - 4:19pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings and Allies (Neuroptera)
Brown Lacewings of Florida
Univ. of Florida Featured Creaturs article, with quite a good discussion of this family.
Contributed by Cotinis on 30 April, 2004 - 9:17am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta)
Billd's Florida Insect Page.
This is my entomology page with photos and links about insects. I hope you use this page for science and education.
Contributed by Bill D. on 15 April, 2009 - 12:21pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta)
Say--American Entomology
Full title:
American entomology : a description of the insects of North American, with illustrations drawn and colored after nature / by Thomas Say ; edited by John L. LeConte ; with a memoir of the author by George Ord.
A lovely historical work. High resolution scans of individual plates (at the end of each volume) can be downloaded as JPEG2000 files. (Use a utility such as IrfanView to view them or convert them to other formats.) Many of the plates are lovely, and it is fascinating to see the fir
Contributed by Cotinis on 4 April, 2009 - 11:06pm


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