Neuropteran, (order Neuroptera), any of a group of insects commonly called lacewings because of the complex vein patterns in the wings, giving them a lacy appearance. In a strict sense, the order Neuroptera includes only the lacewings. However, two …

Neuropterans are soft-bodied insects with relatively few specialized features. They have large lateral compound eyes, and may or may not also have ocelli. Their mouthparts have strong mandibles suitable for chewing, and lack the various adaptations found in most other holometabolan insect groups.

The insect order Neuroptera, or net-winged insects, includes the lacewings, mantidflies, antlions, and their relatives. The order consists of some 6,000 species. Neuroptera is grouped together with the Megaloptera (alderflies, fishflies, and dobsonflies) and Raphidioptera (snakeflies) in the unranked taxon Neuropterida (once known as Planipennia).

Neuroptera is divided into two suborders: In adults, the suborders are distinguished by mitochondrial DNA. Common worldwide. Eleven families with about 400 species in North America and >4,700 species worldwide. The order Neuroptera includes the lacewings, antlions, mantisflies, and owlflies along with several other minor groups.

2016年2月6日 · Neuroptera used to be treated by some workers in a broader sense, to include Planipennia (lacewings, antlions, owlflies, etc.), Megaloptera (alderflies, dobsonflies, fishflies), and Raphidioptera/Raphidiodea (snakeflies). Currently these groups are treated as separate orders within Neuropterida

Adult neuropterans (new-ROP-te-ruhns) are long, slender, soft-bodied insects measuring up to 0.12 to 3.15 inches (3 to 80 millimeters) in length with wingspans up to 5.63 inches (143 millimeters). The head is distinct with well-developed compound eyes, …

Neuroptera represents one of the oldest and most archaic lineages of endopterygote (= holometabolous, or undergoing complete metamorphosis) insects. The oldest known fossils of Neuroptera suggest that the group had its origin in the early Permian period, with significant family level diversification in the late Triassic and early Jurassic. At ...

Antennae are multisegmented in neuropterans and filiform in Megaloptera and Raphidiodea. The head is squarish or transverse in Megaloptera and Neuroptera and elongated in Raphidiodea.

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Small, slender, closely related to Berothidae; wings and body with long hairs. Adults small to large; wing expanse 10–55 mm; antennae short; prothorax greatly elongated; wings narrow; forelegs predatory.