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Nemopteridae

Spoonwings, Thread-winged Lacewings

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Containing group: Neuroptera

Other Names for Nemopteridae

References

Carpenter, F. M. 1959. Fossil Nemopteridae (Neuroptera). Psyche 66:20-24.

Monserrat, V. J. 1996. Larval stages of European Nemopterinae, with systematic considerations on the family Nemopteridae (Insecta, Neuroptera). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 43(1):99-121.

Picker, M. 1987. An unusual species of spoon lace wing (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae) from South Africa, with note on its biology. Systematic Entomology 12:239-248.

Tjeder, B. 1967. Neuroptera-Planipennia. The lace wings of southern Africa. B. Family Nemopteridae. South African Animal Life (Lund, Sweden) 13:290-501.

Walker, M. H. , M. D. Picker, and B. Leon. 1994. Eversible abdominal vesicles and some observations of the male reproductive system of the spoon wing lacewing Palmipenna (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae). Journal of Morphology 219(1):47-58.

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Scientific Name Nemoptera bipennis
Location Rosmaninhal / Portugal
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Thread-winged Lacewing
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Copyright © 2007 Joaquim Maceira
Scientific Name Chasmoptera hutti
Location Moore River National Park, Western Australia, Australia
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Chasmoptera hutti
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Copyright © 2009 shaunwinterton
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