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Species Lomamyia squamosa

A revision of the genus Lomamyia Banks (Planipennia: Berothidae) with an emphasis on the western United States species

By Faulkner D.K.
California State U., Long Beach, CA, xii+119 pp [Master's thesis], 1992

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Contributed by v belov on 8 March, 2017 - 6:54pm

Beaded lacewings – a pictorial identification key to the genera, their biogeographics...

By Aspöck U, Randolf S
Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 61(2): 155–172, 2014

full title is "Beaded lacewings – a pictorial identification key to the genera, their biogeographics and a phylogentic analysis (Insecta: Neuroptera: Berothidae)" (where "phylogenetic" is misspelled)

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https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.61.8850

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 4 July, 2025 - 11:40am

A revision of the Nearctic Hemerobiidae, Berothidae, Sisyridae, Polystoechotidae and Dilaridae (Neuroptera)

By Carpenter F.M.
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sciences 74: 193-280, 1940

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Contributed by v belov on 29 January, 2014 - 7:47am

The Neuroptera of North-Central Texas, with keys for the identification of species

By Roy C. Vogtsberger
Midwestern State University [Master's thesis], 1990

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Contributed by Jonathan Hoskins on 19 July, 2022 - 5:56pm

Neuroptera (Neuropterida)

By John D. Oswald, Atilano Contreras-Ramos, & Norman D. Penny
Biodiversidad, Taxonomía y Biogeografía de Artrópodos de México: hacia una síntesis de su conocimiento. Vol. 3: pp. 559-581, 2002

Oswald, J. D.; Contreras Ramos, A.; Penny, N. D. 2002. Neuroptera (Neuropterida). Pp. 559-581 in Bousquets, J. L.; Morrone, J. J. (eds.). Biodiversidad, Taxonomía y Biogeografía de Artrópodos de México: hacia una síntesis de su conocimiento. Vol. 3. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico. x + 690 pp.

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Contributed by Jonathan Hoskins on 3 July, 2021 - 2:44pm

Phylogeny and evolution of Neuropterida: Where have wings of lace taken us?

By Engel M.S., Winterton S.L., Breitkreuz L.C.V.
Ann. Rev. Ent. 63: 531-551, 2018

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Contributed by v belov on 28 August, 2020 - 1:15pm

A few new North American Neuroptera

By Banks N.
Psyche 42: 53–57, 1935

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 3 July, 2019 - 11:14pm

A guide to the lacewings (Neuroptera) of Costa Rica

By Norman D. Penny (author & editor), Kevin M. Hoffman, Martin Meinander, Victor J. Monserrat, Lionel A. Stange
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 53(12): 161-457, 2002

This is an excellent, relatively recent, and richly illustrated treatment of the order Neuroptera in Costa Rica. Although its geographic focus is outside our area, it can still be helpful for BugGuide users in various ways. It is fully accessible online at this link.

For convenient access, linked page numbers for family treatments and figures are given below:

Family Ascalaphididae: Text pp. 176-185 (Norm Penny), Figures: pp. 293-299

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Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 20 February, 2015 - 2:14am

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