Genus Aleuropteryx

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited

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 Aleuropteryginae

Genus Aleuropteryx

Numbers

14 spp. in our area(1)

Identification

key to spp. (adult males) in(2)

Range

all the NA spp. but one are western, by far most diverse in sw. US(1)

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.	Review of the Coniopterygidae (Neuroptera) of North America, with a revision of the genus Aleuropteryx Johnson V. 1980. Psyche 87: 259-298.

Contributed by v belov on 14 October, 2011 - 2:19pm
Last updated 15 October, 2011 - 10:08am

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