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Green lacewings are insects in the large family Chrysopidae of the order Neuroptera. There are about 85 genera and 1,300–2,000 species in this widespread group. Members of the genera Chrysopa and Chrysoperla are very common in North America and Europe; they are very similar and many of their species have been moved from one genus to the other time and again, and in the nonscientific literature assignment to Chrysopa and Chrysoperla can rarely be relied upon. Since they are the most familiar neuropterans to many people, they are often simply called "lacewings". Since most of the diversity of Neuroptera are properly referred to as some sort of "lacewing", common lacewings is preferable.
Osmylidae are a small family of winged insects of the net-winged insect order Neuroptera. The osmylids, also called giant lacewings, are found all over the world. A common species through most of Europe is Osmylus fulvicephalus.
The Nevrorthidae, often incorrectly spelled "Neurorthidae", are a small family of winged insects of the order Neuroptera. Extant species may be described as living fossils. There are 19 extant species in four genera, with a geographically disjunct distribution, Nevrorthus, comprising 5 species with scattered distributions around the Mediterranean, Austroneurorthus with two species known from southeastern Australia, Nipponeurorthus comprising 11 species known from China and Japan, and Sinoneurorthus known from a single species described from Yunnan Province, China. They were at one time placed in the Osmyloidea, with the Osmylidae and the spongillaflies (Sisyridae) as their closest relatives, but nowadays they are considered to be the most ancient lineage of living lacewings. Sometimes they are placed in a suborder Nevrorthiformia, but the quite basal position of the family is probably better expressed by placing them directly in the Neuroptera, without assigning the subordinal rank.
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.
The dustywings, Coniopterygidae, are a family of Pterygota of the net-winged insect order (Neuroptera). About 460 living species are known. These tiny insects can usually be determined to genus with a hand lens according to their wing venation, but to distinguish species, examination of the genitals by microscope is usually necessary.
Prosisyrina is an extinct genus of lacewing in the neuropteran family Sisyridae. The genus contains two described species, Prosisyrina sphinga and Prosisyrina sukachevae. Prosisyrina is known from a group of Late Cretaceous fossils which were found in Asia.
Glenurus luniger is a species of antlion in the family Myrmeleontidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Lomamyia longicollis is a species of beaded lacewing in the family Berothidae. 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.
Chrysopini is a tribe of green lacewings in the family Chrysopidae. There are about 17 genera and at least 300 described species in Chrysopini.
Eremochrysa pallida is a species of green lacewing in the family Chrysopidae. It is found in North America.
Lomamyia is a genus of beaded lacewings in the family Berothidae. There are about 11 described species in Lomamyia.
Hemerobius humulinus is a species of brown lacewing in the family Hemerobiidae. It is found in Europe & Northern Asia, North America, and Southern Asia.
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.
Climacia californica is a species of spongillafly in the family Sisyridae. It is found in Central America and North America.
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.
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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- Bowles, David E. (2006). "Spongillaflies (Neuroptera: Sisyridae) of North America with a key to the larvae and adults".
- Penny, Norman D., Philip A. Adams, and Lionel A. Stange (1997). "Species catalog of the Neuroptera, Megaloptera, and Raphidioptera of America North of Mexico". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, vol. 50, no. 3, 39-114.
