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Genus Polystoechotes

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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 Ithonidae (Giant and Moth Lacewings)

Genus Polystoechotes

Numbers

2 spp. total, one in our area(1)

Range

one sp. in NA (so. Canada to Panama), another in Chile(1)

Print References

Grebennikov, V. V. (2004). Grub-like larvae of Neuroptera (Insecta): a morphological review of the families Ithonidae and Polystoechotidae and a description of Oliarces clara. European Journal of Entomology, 101, 409-417. (Full Text)

Works Cited

1.	Rediscovery of Polystoechotes gazullai Navás (Neuroptera: Polystoechotidae) J.D. Oswald. 1998. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 100(3): 389-394.

Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 20 December, 2007 - 9:16pm
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 11 November, 2019 - 7:48pm

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