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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Lacewings and Allies (Hemerobiiformia) » Brown Lacewings (Hemerobiidae) » Megalominae » Megalomus

Genus Megalomus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Brown Lacewing - Megalomus fidelis Brown Lacewing - Megalomus fidelis Megalomus fidelis Hemerobiidae: Hemerobius stigma ? - Megalomus moestus Brown Lacewing sp. - Megalomus fidelis caddisfly(?) with broad oval wings - Megalomus carpenteri Hemerobiidae, maybe Micromus sp.? - Megalomus moestus Megalomus moestes - Megalomus moestus
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 Hemerobiidae (Brown Lacewings)
Subfamily Megalominae
Genus Megalomus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Megalomus Rambur 1842
Numbers
7 spp. in our area(1), 40 total(2)
1. Megalomus angulatus: primarily eastern (Canada: ON; United States: AZ, ME, NH, NY)
2. Megalomus carpenteri: southeastern (FL, MD, VA)
3. Megalomus fidelis: eastern (Canada: BC, ON; United States: DC, FL, IL, IN, MA, MD, MN, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, SC, TX, VA, WV)
4. Megalomus minor: southern (AL, CA, MS, NV)
5. Megalomus moestus: southwestern (AZ, CA, CO, NM, TX, UT, WY)
6. Megalomus parvulus: FL
7. Megalomus uniformis: TX
Identification
Wing venation:
Range
much of NA, but more diverse in the south, with just 2 spp. (M. angulatus & M. fidelis) in Canada(1)
Remarks
sole member of the subfamily Megalominae Krüger 1922
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.Neuropterida Species of the World catalogue (by J.D. Oswald)
Contributed by tom murray on 3 May, 2008 - 8:39pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 27 May, 2022 - 8:15am

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