Mid-Mesozoic kalligrammatid lacewings (Neuroptera) entered the fossil record 165 million years ago (Ma) and disappeared 45 Ma later. Extant papilionoid butterflies (Lepidoptera) probably originated 80-70 Ma, long after kalligrammatids became extinct. Although poor preservation of kalligrammatid fossils previously prevented their detailed morphological and ecological characterization, we examine...

As larvae, lacewings in the genus Chrysoperla (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae: Chrysopinae: Chrysopini) are predators of aphids and other soft-bodied insects. Adult Chrysoperla, however, are not predacious and feed on pollen, nectar, and honeydew. Earlier studies observed that Chrysoperla adults house yeasts in their crops, and based on the results of a sorbic acid yeast suppression experiment, conclu...

Antlion-like lacewings (Myrmeleontiformia) have comparably large predatory larvae; most well-known are the larvae of antlions (Myrmeleontidae) and owlflies (Ascalaphidae). Yet, spoon-winged (Nemopterinae, also an ingroup Myrmeleontiformia) less well studied differ in their overall habitus, with a broader head stouter mouthparts. We here review known record lacewing report two new fossil preserv...

Lacewings (Neuroptera) are the efficient predators of pests in different agroecosystems. In this paper, totally 23 species of 14 genera including, Anisochrysa, Chrysopa, Chrysoperla, Cunctochrysa, Dichochrysa, Mallada, Suarius of family Chrysopidae, Coniopteryx, Hemisemidalis of family Coniopterigidae, Hemerobius, Sympherobius, Wasmaelius of family Hemerobiidae and Myrmeleon, Palpares of family...

Abstract Nymphidae, the group of split-footed lacewings, is a rather species-poor group. Split-footed lacewings nowadays are restricted to Australasia, while fossil forms also known from other areas world, indicating that was more species-rich and therefore likely diverse in past. have distinct larvae, roughly resembling antlion but differing latter especially with regard mandibles. Antlion lar...

Green lacewings (Chrysopidae) are important predators in agroecosystems. Frequently there studies which treat these beneficial insects at family level as a whole. This approach, despite its practical advantages, may, however, include many species with markedly different life history traits. As green also rather diverse their chemical ecology, treating several within one unit may lead to confusi...

In the holometabolous insect order Neuroptera (lacewings), the cosmopolitan Myrmeleontidae (antlions) are the most species-rich family, while the closely related Nymphidae (split-footed lacewings) are a small endemic family from the Australian-Malesian region. Both families belong to the suborder Myrmeleontiformia, within which controversial hypotheses on the interfamilial phylogenetic relation...