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Species Micromus variegatus

Brown Lacewing - Micromus variegatus Lacewing - Micromus variegatus hemerobiid - Micromus variegatus Oregon Lacewing - Micromus variegatus Lacewing - Micromus variegatus Lacewing - Micromus variegatus Lacewing - Micromus variegatus Micromus variegatus
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 Microminae
Genus Micromus
Species variegatus (Micromus variegatus)
Explanation of Names
Micromus variegatus (Fabricius 1793)
Range
native to the Palaearctic, established on an island offshore BC (supposedly introduced from Japan)(1) and apparently elsewhere (see NH record in the guide); actively extending its range in the west (John Oswald, pers. comm. to =v= 13.ii.2014)
Print References
Klimaszewski J., LeSage L., Savard K. (2009) First record of adventive species Micromus variegatus (Fabricius) from eastern Canada (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae). ZooKeys 27: 1-6 (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.
Contributed by Sean McCann on 24 September, 2008 - 8:51am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 13 February, 2014 - 12:57pm

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