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Subfamily Coniopteryginae

Representative Images

Unknown - Coniopteryx Dustywing - Semidalis Dustywings larva - Coniopteryx Dustywing larva Dustywing larva - Coniopteryx - Coniopteryx Dustywing - Semidalis Conwentzia sp. - Conwentzia

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 Coniopterygidae (Dusty Lacewings)
Subfamily Coniopteryginae

Numbers

33 spp. (of which at least one introduced) in 4 genera in our area, of which 5 spp. in 2 genera reaching Canada(1)

Range

in our area, most spp. are in sw. US, with 12 spp. of 4 genera in e. NA(1)

Remarks

genus not yet in the guide: Parasemidalis, with a single sp., P. fuscipennis, known to occur in the Palaearctic and a number of US states (MI, FL, AZ-CA)(1) and "somewhat more probable [to be] a true holarctic dustywing, than an introduced one" [in America] (György Sziráki, pers. comm. to =v= 25.x.2011)

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 v belov on 14 October, 2011 - 2:04pm
Last updated 25 October, 2011 - 10:23am

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