Neuroptera (Including Megaloptera)

• Main Author: Heckman, Charles W. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects, Illustrated Keys to Known Families, Genera, and Species in South America,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Systems biology.; Aquatic ecology.; Animal anatomy.; Invertebrates.; Entomology.; Life Sciences.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology.; Systems Biology.; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.

This order once encompassed all insects with a complex network of wing veins, regardless of whether their metamorphosis was incomplete or complete. By the early 20th century, most of the species had been transferred to new orders, leaving only a small percentage of the insects once assigned to the N...

Table of Contents:

• General Introduction
• PART I General information
• Chapter 1 Order 7: Neuroptera (sensu lato)
• Chapter 2 Keys to the suborders and families
• PART II Keys to the genera and species of Megaloptera families
• Chapter 3 Sialidae
• Chapter 4 Corydalidae
• PART III Keys to the genera and species of Planipennia families
• Chapter 5 Conopterygidae
• Chapter 6 Ascaliphidae
• Chapter 7 Myrmeleontidae
• Chapter 8 Crocidae
• Chapter 9 Nemopteridae
• Chapter 10 Mantispidae
• Chapter 11 Dilariidae
• Chapter 12 Hemeropteriidae
• Chapter 13 Olmylidae
• Chapter 14 Polystoechotidae
• Chapter 15 Sisyridae
• Chapter 16 Chrysopidae
• Chapter 17 Berothidae.