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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Lacewings and Allies (Hemerobiiformia) » Spongilla Lacewings (Sisyridae) » Sisyra

Genus Sisyra

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Works Cited
Spongefly - Sisyra vicaria Spongillafly - Sisyra vicaria Spongillafly? - Sisyra vicaria Brown Lacewing or Spongillafly? - Sisyra vicaria Brown Lacewing - Sisyra apicalis Spongillafly IMG_6208 - Sisyra vicaria Sisyra - Sisyra vicaria My first spongillafly! - Sisyra vicaria
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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sisyra Burmeister 1839
Explanation of Names
Apparently from Greek: sisyra (σισυρα) 'goats-hair cloak' or sisyrna (σισυρνα) 'garment of skin'(1)
Numbers
3 spp. in our area(2)
Size
6-8 mm(3)
Identification
Wing venation

Keys to larvae and adults in Bowles (2006).(4)
Range
most of our area, as follows(5):
S. apicalis se. US (GA-FL-TX) south to Brazil, West Indies
S. nigra (=fuscata) so. Canada and n. US; w. Palaearctic
S. vicaria so. Canada and the US
See Also
Sympherobius spp.
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.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.
3.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
4.Spongillaflies (Neuroptera: Sisyridae) Of North America With A Key To The Larvae And Adults
David E. Bowles. 2006. Zootaxa 1357: 1-19.
5.Neuropterida Species of the World catalogue (by J.D. Oswald)
Contributed by tom murray on 4 January, 2006 - 3:47pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, Aaron Schusteff, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 1 October, 2022 - 1:43am

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