Megalomus carpenteri

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Megalomus carpenteri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Family: Hemerobiidae
Genus: Megalomus
Species:
M. carpenteri
Binomial name
Megalomus carpenteri
Penny, Adams & Stange, 1997

Megalomus carpenteri is a species of brown lacewing in the family Hemerobiidae. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is found in North America. [1] The specific epithet carpenteri honors paleoentomologist Frank M. Carpenter for his taxonomic work on the Neuroptera. [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Megalomus carpenteri Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  2. "Megalomus carpenteri species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  3. "Megalomus carpenteri". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  4. "Megalomus carpenteri Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  5. Norman D. Penny, Phillip A. Adams, and Lionel A. Stange. 1997. Species catalog of the Neuroptera, Megaloptera and Raphidioptera of America north of Mexico, in Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Vol. 50, No. 3, December 9, 1997, pp. 39-114, https://archive.org/details/cbarchive_101463_speciescatalogoftheneuropteram1997/page/n1 , last accessed 8 Oct 2018.
  6. F. M. Carpenter. 1940. A revision of the Nearctic Hemerobiidae, Berothidae, Sisyridae, Polystoechotidae and Dilaridae (Neuroptera). Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 74: 193-280, https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/20023398.pdf, last accessed 8 Oct 2018.

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