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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Lacewings and Allies (Hemerobiiformia) » Beaded Lacewings (Berothidae) » Lomamyia

Genus Lomamyia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Print References · Works Cited

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)

Genus Lomamyia

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

revised in(1) (note: this is a Master's thesis and not a published, peer-reviewed article)

Explanation of Names

Lomamyia Banks 1904

Greek loma 'hem, fringe' + myia 'fly'(2)

Numbers

10 described spp. in our area(3); 4 spp. in FL(4)

1. Lomamyia banksi Carpenter, 1940: eastern to midwestern (AL, AR, DC, FL, IL, IN, KS, LA, MI, MO, MS, NC, NY, OK, SC, TX, VA)

2. Lomamyia flavicornis (Walker, 1853): eastern (AL, AR, DC, FL, GA, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, NY, PA, SC, TX, VA)

3. Lomamyia fulva Carpenter, 1940: CA

4. Lomamyia hamata (Walker, 1853): FL, SC?

5. Lomamyia latipennis Carpenter, 1940: western (AZ, CA, NV)

6. Lomamyia longicollis (Walker, 1853): southeastern (FL, GA, MD, MS, NC, SC)

7. Lomamyia occidentalis (Banks, 1905): western (Canada: BC; United States: AZ, CA, NV)

8. Lomamyia squamosa Carpenter, 1940: southwestern (AZ, CA, NV, NM, TX)

9. Lomamyia tenuis Carpenter, 1940: southwestern (AZ, NM, NV, TX)

10. Lomamyia texana (Banks, 1897): southwestern (AZ, CA, NV, NM, TX, UT)

1 unnamed species reported by Faulkner (1992) in our area(1) has not been included in published material

1. Lomamyia N sp. 1: northwestern (n. CA, ID, s. OR)

Identification

Adults are similar to brown lacewings but usually have falcate (notched) forewings. L. occidentalis is an exception.(1)

key to spp. in(1)

Range

mostly so. US, esp. the southwest; 2 eastern spp. range north to NY, the western L. occidentalis, to BC(5)

Life Cycle

Eggs are stalked, laid on wood surfaces near termite nests. Larvae live with and prey on termites, using an immobilizing gas (containing an allomone) discharged from their anus(3)(6)(Johnson & Hagen 1981). Adults come to lights.

Print References

Johnson J.B., Hagen K.S. (1981). A neuropterous larva uses an allomone to attack termites. Nature 289: 506-507 (abstract)

Works Cited

1.	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].

2.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

3.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

4.	A Checklist and Bibliography of the Megaloptera and Neuroptera of Florida (by L. Stange)

5.	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.

6.	Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn. 2004. Brooks Cole.

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 8 March, 2005 - 12:40am
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 26 December, 2020 - 2:58pm

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