Nemopteridae
Nemopteridae |
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Scientific classification |
Kingdom: |
Animalia |
Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
Class: |
Insecta |
Order: |
Neuroptera |
Suborder: |
Planipennia |
Family: |
Nemopteridae |
Genera |
- Afghanocroce
- Amerocroce
- Anacroce
- Apocroce
- Austrocroce
- Barbibucca
- Brevistoma
- Carnarviana
- Chasmoptera
- Concroce
- Croce
- Derhynchia
- Dielocroce
- Halter
- Halterina
- Josandreva
- Knersvlaktia
- Laurhervasia
- Lertha
- Moranida
- Necrophylus
- Nemeura
- Nemia
- Nemopistha
- Nemoptera
- Nemopterella
- Palmipenna
- Parasicyoptera
- Pastranaia
- Pterocroce
- Savigniella
- Semirhynchia
- Sicyoptera
- Stenorrhachus
- Thysanocroce
- Tjederia
- Veurise
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Spoonwings or Nemopteridae are a family of neuropteran insects. They are also called Thread-winged Antlions. Their flight is delicate and they have a circling flight to avoid walls when they are trapped indoors. The long streamer is conspicuous when the insects are flying and these are the elongated and spatulate hindwings.
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Pinned museum specimen - Muséum of Toulouse
They are found in the Ethiopian, Palearctic, Australasian and Neotropical regions but absent in North America (a fossil has been found in Colorado).[1]
Male Nemopterids have a bulla on the wing usually along the margin or wing base that is used to disperse pheromone.[1]
Taxonomy
There are two distinct subfamilies in the Nemopteridae family:
- Crocinae, mostly nocturnal and crepuscular species with often a narrow habitat preference. They are found in arid desert zones and have a wide distribution along the southern fringes of the west Palearctic and Western Asia, as well as in dry Neotropical, Afrotropical, and Australian areas. Includes the following genera:
- Nemopterinae, diurnal, with a greater diversity. Genera include:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, 2nd edition. Volume 3, Insects, edited by Michael Hutchins, Arthur V. Evans, Rosser W. Garrison, and Neil Schlager. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group, 2003.
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- Four most speciose orders are marked in bold
- Italic are paraphyletic groups
- Based on Sasaki et al. (2013)
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