| Sisyra apicalis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Family: | Sisyridae |
| Genus: | Sisyra |
| Species: | S. apicalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sisyra apicalis Banks, 1908 | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Sisyra apicalis is a species of spongillafly in the family Sisyridae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America. [1] [2] [3]
The insect order Neuroptera, or net-winged insects, includes the lacewings, mantidflies, antlions, and their relatives. The order consists of some 6,000 species. Neuroptera can be grouped together with the Megaloptera and Raphidioptera in the unranked taxon Neuropterida including: alderflies, fishflies, dobsonflies, and snakeflies.
Sisyridae, commonly known as spongeflies or spongillaflies, are a family of winged insects in the order Neuroptera. There are approximately 60 living species described, and several extinct species identified from the fossil record.
Sisyra vicaria is a species of spongillaflies in the family Sisyridae. It is found in North America.
Sisyra is a genus of lacewings in the family Sisyridae. There are at least 8 described species in Sisyra.
Nallachius americanus is a species of pleasing lacewing in the family Dilaridae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, North America, and South America.
Abachrysa is a genus of green lacewings in the family Chrysopidae. There is one described species in Abachrysa, A. eureka.
Leptomantispa is a genus of mantidflies in the family Mantispidae. There are about seven described species in Leptomantispa.
Ascaloptynx is a genus of owlflies in the family Ascalaphidae. There are at least two described species in Ascaloptynx.
Zeugomantispa minuta, the green mantisfly, is a species of mantidfly in the family Mantispidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.
Zeugomantispa is a genus of mantidflies in the family Mantispidae. There are at least three described species in Zeugomantispa.
Leucochrysa is a genus of green lacewings in the family Chrysopidae. There are more than 180 described species in Leucochrysa.
Climacia areolaris is a species of spongillafly in the family Sisyridae. It is found in North America.
Climacia is a genus of spongillaflies in the family Sisyridae. There are more than 20 described species in Climacia.
Megalomus fidelis is a species of brown lacewing in the family Hemerobiidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Xeromantispa is a genus of mantidflies in the family Mantispidae. There is one described species in Xeromantispa, X. scabrosa.
Dicromantispa interrupta is a species of mantidfly in the family Mantispidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Dicromantispa is a genus of mantidflies in the family Mantispidae. There are about 10 described species in Dicromantispa.
Climacia californica is a species of spongillafly in the family Sisyridae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Megalomus carpenteri is a species of brown lacewing in the family Hemerobiidae. It is found in North America. The specific epithet carpenteri honors paleoentomologist Frank M. Carpenter for his taxonomic work on the Neuroptera.
Sisyra nigra is a species of spongillafly in the family Sisyridae. It is found in Europe & Northern Asia and North America.
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