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Species Sisyra apicalis

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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 Sisyridae (Spongilla Lacewings)
Genus Sisyra
Species apicalis (Sisyra apicalis)
Explanation of Names
Sisyra apicalis Banks 1908
Range
se. US (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, TX,(1) VA(2)); south to Brazil, West Indies
Works Cited
1.Spongillaflies (Neuroptera: Sisyridae) Of North America With A Key To The Larvae And Adults
David E. Bowles. 2006. Zootaxa 1357: 1-19.
2.Annotated Checklist of the Neuropterida of Virginia (Arthropoda: Insecta)
Oliver S. Flint, Jr. 2015. Banisteria, number 45, pages 3-47.