Neuroptera

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Neuroptera

the order of ENDOPTERYGOTE insects containing the alderflies and lacewings, possessing two pairs of similar, membranous wings.
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Antlions (Myrmeleontidae) are neuropteran predators commonly found in tropical regions.
Myrmeleon brasiliensis's parasitoids (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) in the south Pantanal, Brazil
Semi-aquatic insects and other groups living around vegetation and water bodies include grasshoppers, crickets, dragonflies, or neuropterans, caddis fly larvae and some larvae of the beetle Coptoclavidae (for details see Ponomarenko & Martinez-Delclos 2000, Soriano et al.
A holistic approach to the palaeoecology of Las Hoyas Konservat-Lagerstatte (La Huerguina Formation, Lower Cretaceous, Iberian Ranges, Spain)/ Una aproximacion holistica a la palaeoecologia del Konservat-Lagerstatte de Las Hoyas (Formacion La Huerguina, Cretacico Inferior, Cordillera Iberica, Espana)
When neuropterans pupate, larvae dig a small cavity in the soil and spin a loose silken cocoon around themselves.
Comparison of total lipid and fatty acid compositions of whole-body and body segments of Lertha extensa adults (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae)

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