Numbers
Nearctica.com and
ITIS list two genera, each with one species:
Platystoechotes Carpenter 1940: Platystoechotes lineatus Carpenter 1940
Polystoechotes Burmeister 1839: Polystoechotes punctata (or punctatus) Fabricius 1793 (as Semblis)
Worldwide, there are only four species (Oswald, 1998).
Range
Quoting from Oswald (1998), the four species in this family (two North American) range as follows:
Fontecilla graphicus--Chile
Platystoechotes lineatus--USA, California
Polystoechotes punctatus--North America from southern Canada south to Panama
Polystoechotes gazullai--Chile
Life Cycle
Little is known of the life history of this family.
Remarks
Polystoechotes punctata (or
punctatus) was formerly found through eastern North America--it had declined and disappeared from the eastern part of its range by the year 1950. Now it occurs only in the west
(1).
Print References
Marshall, p. 250, p. 255--photo of specimen of
Polystoechotes punctatus (1)
Oswald, J.D. (1998). Rediscovery of
Polystoechotes Gazullai Navas (Neuroptera: Polystoechotidae) Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 100(3): 389-394, (
PDF)
Contributed by
Cotinis on 23 March, 2007 - 10:10pm
Last updated 30 June, 2009 - 8:05am
