NEUROPTERA
(lacewings)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
CHRYSOPIDAE
green lacewings
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 10 subtaxa 73 images
CONIOPTERYGIDAE
white lacewings
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 2 subtaxa 15 images
HEMEROBIIFORMIA
a suborder of lacewings
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 		Suborder 6 subtaxa 21 images
OSMYLIDAE
stream lacewings
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 		Family 1 subtaxa 3 images
Neuroptera (unidentified)
Unidentified Lacewings
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 		Unidentified 2 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderNEUROPTERA (lacewings)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Davis, B.N.K. 1991 Insects on Nettles Naturalists' Handbooks, 1, 2 edition, 68pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Elliott, J.M. 1996 Freshwater Megaloptera and Neuroptera of Britain and Ireland: Keys to adults and larvae, and a review of their ecology 73pp
Fraser, Lt-Col F.C. 1959 *** Mecoptera Megaloptera Neuroptera ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, Parts 12 & 13, 40pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Jepson, J.E. 2023 Lacewings and their Allies
Killington, F.J. 1936 *** A Monograph of the British Neuroptera ***(Superseded) Vols 122 & 123, The Ray Society, London
Leleya, A.C. (ed.) 2007 Vol. IV. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera: Part 5 Hymenoptera Key to the insects of Russian Far East, Vol. IV, 1052pp
Plant, C.W. 1997 A Key to the Adults of British Lacewings and their allies AIDGAP, 90pp, Field Studies Council
() Rotheray, G.E. 1989 Aphid Predators Naturalists' Handbooks, 11, 77pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Wuilbaut, J.J. Cercle de Mycologie de Mons (Belgique): (Page perso de JJ. Wuilbaut) users.skynet.be/jjw.myco.mons

Aquatic/Larvae

Nilsson, A. (ed.) 1996 Aquatic Insects of North Europe Aquatic Insects of North Europe, Two vols, 714pp, Apollo Books

Aquatic

Nilsson, A. (ed.) 1996 Aquatic Insects of North Europe Aquatic Insects of North Europe, Two vols, 714pp, Apollo Books

Freshwater/Larvae

Gledhill, T. & Wallace, I. 2010 Module 9: advanced identification of miscellaneous taxa including Crustacea https://www.fba.org.uk/identification-freshwater-invertebrates-species-level-distance-learning-course

Regional/Russian Far East

Anon 2007 Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera Key to the insects of Russian Far East, Vol IV, Pt 5, 430pp

NEUROPTERA (lacewings) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for NEUROPTERA (lacewings)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 7 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for NEUROPTERA (lacewings)
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