Biology:Megalomina

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Short description: Genus of lacewings

Megalomina
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Megalomina berothoides
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Family: Hemerobiidae
Subfamily: Microminae
Genus: Megalomina
Banks, 1905
Type species
Megalomina acuminata
Banks, 1905
Map of Oceania, showing the expected range of Megalomina
Expected distribution of Megalomina

Megalomina is an insect genus from the family of brown lacewings (Hemerobiidae), which belongs to the order Neuroptera. The scientific name of the genus is validly published for the first time by Nathan Banks in 1909.[1]

The genus is poorly studied, and the known distribution is Oceania, in Australia and New Guinea.[2] Banks designated Megalomina acuminata as a type of species, which occurs in Queensland, Australia .

Species

  • Megalomina acuminata
  • Megalomina berothoides
  • Megalomina bridwelli

References

  1. Banks, Nathan (1909). "Hemerobiidae from Queensland, Australia" (in en). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 11: 76–82. ISSN 0013-8797. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20213#page/102/mode/1up. 
  2. Oswald, John D. (April 1993). "Revision and Clastidic Analysis of the World Genera of the Family Hemerobiidae (Insecta: Neuroptera)" (in en). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 101 (2): 143–299. ISSN 0028-7199. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52205973#page/113/mode/1up. 

Wikidata ☰ Q10579585 entry