#order_Neuroptera__Neuroptera  an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fishflies; mantispids; spongeflies
  supertype:  #animal_order  the order of animals
  member of:  #class_Insecta
  member:  #neuropteron__neuropteran__neuropterous_insect  insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins
  member:  #family_Myrmeleontidae__Myrmeleontidae  antlions
     member:  #genus_Myrmeleon__Myrmeleon  type genus of the Myrmeleontidae: antlions
        member:  #antlion_fly__antlionfly__ant_lion__antlion  winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants
        member:  #ant_lion__antlion__doodlebug  the larva of an ant lion or of any of several other insects
  member:  #family_Chrysopidae__Chrysopidae  green lacewings
     member:  #aphid_lion__aphidlion__aphis_lion__aphislion  carnivorous larva of lacewing flies
     member:  #green_lacewing__greenlacewing__chrysopid__stink_fly__stinkfly  pale green unpleasant-smelling lacewing fly having carnivorous larvae
  member:  #family_Hemerobiidae__Hemerobiidae  brown lacewings
     member:  #aphid_lion__aphidlion__aphis_lion__aphislion  carnivorous larva of lacewing flies
     member:  #brown_lacewing__brownlacewing__hemerobiid__hemerobiid_fly  small dark-colored lacewing fly
  member:  #suborder_Megaloptera__Megaloptera  in some classifications considered a separate order: alderflies; dobsonflies; snake flies
     member:  #family_Corydalidae__Corydalidae  dobsons
        member:  #genus_Corydalus__Corydalus__Corydalis__genus_Corydalis  type genus of the Corydalidae
           member:  #dobson_fly__dobson__Corydalus_cornutus  large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait
           member:  #hellgrammiate__dobson  large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait
        member:  #fishfly  similar to but smaller than the dobsonfly
     member:  #family_Sialidae__Sialidae  an arthropod family including: alderflies
        member:  #genus_Sialis__Sialis  type genus of the Sialidae
           member:  #alderfly__alder_fly__alderfly__Sialis_lutaria  dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae
     member:  #family_Raphidiidae__Raphidiidae  a family of arthropods of the suborder Megaloptera, including snakeflies
        member:  #snakefly  predatory insect of western North America having a long necklike prothorax
  member:  #family_Mantispidae__Mantispidae  mantispids
     member:  #mantispid  insect that resembles a mantis; larvae are parasites in the nests of spiders and wasps
  member:  #family_Sisyridae__Sisyridae  an arthropod family of the order Neuroptera that includes spongeflies
     member:  #spongefly__spongillafly  hairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges

No statement uses or specializes #order_Neuroptera; click here to add one.


Another search (with same display options)?