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order Neuroptera

• Common name(s):  lacewings; antlions; owlflies
• Links:
  • Tree of Life
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Citations (6):
  • Linnaeus. 1758. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. 543-552   >> Note: Insecta: Neuroptera
  • Latreille. 1810. Considérations générales sur l'ordre naturel des animaux composant les classes des Crustacés, des Arachnides, et des Insectes; avec un tableau méthodique de leurs genres, disposés en familles. 137, 434  
  • MacLeay. 1821. Horae Entomologicae: or Essays on the Annulose Animals 1(Part 2):161-524 >> Note: Mandibulata: Neuroptera
  • Westwood. 1838[1839]. An introduction to the modern classification of insects; founded on the natural habits and corresponding organisation of the different families 1:29   >> Note: Dacnostomata: Neuroptera
  • Labandeira. 1994. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 88:30 >> Note: Neuroptera (= Myrmeleontida, Planipennia)
  • Grimaldi & Engel. 2005. Evolution of the Insects 146, 147, 341-356 >> Note: Neuropterida: Neuroptera

• synonym Myrmeleontida
• synonym Planipennia

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