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| Polystoechotes | |
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| Polystoechotes punctata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Family: | Ithonidae |
| Genus: | Polystoechotes Burmeister, 1839 |
Polystoechotes is a genus of giant lacewings in the family Ithonidae. There are at least two described species in Polystoechotes, which are native to North America.[1][2][3] The name is derived from the Greek πολύς (polys) meaning "much" and στοιχάς (stoichas) meaning "in rows behind another".[4]
Species
[edit]These two species belong to the genus Polystoechotes:
- Polystoechotes gazullai Navás, 1924,[1][2][3] Chile
- Polystoechotes punctata (Fabricius, 1793),[1][2][3] North America
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Polystoechotes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- 1 2 3 "Browse Polystoechotes". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- 1 2 3 "Polystoechotes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ↑ Armitage, James (February 22, 2017). A Portable Latin for Gardeners: More Than 1,500 Essential Plant Names and the Secrets They Contain. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226455365 – via Google Books.
Further reading
[edit]- Penny, Norman D.; Adams, Phillip A.; Stange, Lionel A. (1997). "Species catalog of the Neuroptera, Megaloptera and Raphidioptera of America north of Mexico". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Fourth Series. 50: 39–114.
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