Author
Stewart B. Peck Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario Canada.
What's New?
Latest species added:
- Chrysoperla externa (Hagen, 1861)
- Chrysopodes nigricubitus Tauber & Tauber, 2010
- Chrysopodes nigripilosa (Banks, 1924)
Antlions and Lacewings
Antlions and Lacewings are best characterized by their flattened and transparent wings which are filled with a net-like arrangement of veins.
The larvae are predators on other soil- or plant-dwelling insects. Sand-trap pits of antlion larvae are frequently seen in sheltered areas in fine, dry, loose soils of the arid zone of the islands.
Larvae of green and brown lacewings feed on aphids or other small insects on vegetation. Adults may be predators, or may feed on pollen and nectar. They are attracted to lights at night, sometimes in large numbers.
The species composition and distribution of these insects in the Galapagos are now rather well known.
Author: Stewart B. Peck.
Other Contributors: Sandra Abedrabbo, Léon L. Baert, Fabián Bersosa, Ruth Boada, Carolina Calderon, Charlotte Causton, Germania Estévez, Lilian Guzmán, John M. Heraty, Henri W. Herrera, Bernard Landry, María T. Lasso, Maria Piedad Lincango, E. G. Linsley, Yale Lubin, Alejandro Mieles, Renato Oquendo, Helmut W. Rogg, Lázaro Roque-Álbelo, Bradley J. Sinclair, Leslie Usinger.
Names of taxa included: 11.
Origin of the taxa included: 1 questionable native, 5 endemic, 2 indigenous.
Neuroptera Species Checklist
Domain Eukaryota
Kingdom Animalia
Division Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Neuroptera
Suborder Hemerobiiformia
Superfamily Hemerobioidea
Family Chrysopidae
Genus Ceraeochrysa
Genus Chrysoperla
Genus Neosuarius
Superfamily Hereobioidea
Family Chrysopidae
Genus Chrysoperla
Suborder Myrmeleontiformia
Superfamily Myrmeleontoidea
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