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Hemerobiidae

John D. Oswald
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Containing group: Neuroptera

References

Comstock, J. H. 1918. The wings of insects. Comstock Publishing Co., Ithaca, New York. 430 pp. 75 Neuroptera figures.

Krüger, L. 1922. Hemerobiidae. Beiträge zu einer Monographie der Neuropteren-Familie der Hemerobiiden. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 83:138-172. No figures.

Monserrat, V. J. 1990. A systematic checklist of the Hemerobiidae of the world (Insecta: Neuroptera). Pp. 215-262 in Advances in Neuropterology. Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Neuropterology, M. W. Mansell and H. Aspöck, eds. South African Department of Agricultural Development: Pretoria. [Symposium held in Berg en Dal, Kruger National Park, 1988.] No figures.

Nakahara, W. 1960. Systematic studies on the Hemerobiidae (Neuroptera). Mushi 34:1-69. 16 plates with 133 figures.

Navás, L. 1924 [1925.04.11]. Sinopsis de los Neurópteros (Ins.) de la península ibérica. Memorias de la Sociedad Iberica de Ciencias Naturales 4:[1]-[150]. 88 figures. Dating: From footnote on p. 4:[150]: "Impreso el día 11 de Abril de 1925".

New, T. R. 1988. A revision of the Australian Hemerobiidae (Insecta: Neuroptera). Invertebrate Taxonomy 2:339-411. 327 figures.

Oswald, J. D. 1993. A new genus and species of brown lacewing from Venezuela (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae), with comments on the evolution of the hemerobiid forewing radial vein. Systematic Entomology 18:363-370.

Oswald, J. D. 1993. Revision and cladistic analysis of the world genera of the family Hemerobiidae (Insecta: Neuroptera). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 101:143-299.

Oswald, J. D. 1994. A new phylogenetically basal subfamily of brown lacewings from Chile (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 25:295-302.

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Scientific Name Neuroptera:Hemerobiidae: Wesmaelius subnebulosus
Location “Corno alle Scale” Park, Bologna Province, Emilia Romagna, Italy
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
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Copyright © 2005 Cesare Brizio
Scientific Name Neuroptera:Hemerobiidae: Micromus angulatus
Location Cento, Ferrara Province, Italy
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2005 Cesare Brizio
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John D. Oswald
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA

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