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Family Berothidae - Beaded Lacewings

No idea. Lacewing? Caddisfly? - Lomamyia caddisfly - Lomamyia Beaded Lacewing - Lomamyia Dirty bug - Lomamyia Berothidae: Lomamyia sp.? - Lomamyia Beaded Lacewing - Lomamyia Insecta - Lomamyia Lomamyia flavicornis - Lomamyia
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 Berothidae (Beaded Lacewings)
Explanation of Names
Berothidae Handlirsch 1908
from Old World genus Berotha Walker 1860
Numbers
10 spp. (+1 undescribed) in a single genus in our area(1)(2), ~100 spp. in 22 genera total
Identification
Antenna shorter than forewing, with enlarged base and no club(3); forewing emarginate before apex in our spp.(4)
Print References
Aspock U. (1986) The present state of knowledge of the family Berothidae (Neuropteroidea: Planipennia). Recent Research in Neuropterology (Full text)
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.
2.A revision of the genus Lomamyia Banks (Planipennia: Berothidae) with an emphasis on the western United States species
Faulkner D.K. 1992. California State U., Long Beach, CA, xii+119 pp [Master's thesis].
3.A Dictionary of Entomology
George Gordh, David H. Headrick. 2003. CABI Publishing.
4.A Field Guide to Insects
Richard E. White, Donald J. Borror, Roger Tory Peterson. 1998. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 8 March, 2005 - 12:16am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Aaron Schusteff, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 21 May, 2024 - 10:44pm

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