Nymphes myrmeleonides

Nymphes myrmeleonides
Nymphes myrmeleonides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Family: Nymphidae
Genus: Nymphes
Species: N. myrmeleonides
Binomial name
Nymphes myrmeleonides
Leach, 1814 [1]

Nymphes myrmeleonides is an Australian lacewing, known as the blue eyes lacewing.[2] It is found in areas of New South Wales and Queensland,[3] and is one of the largest lacewings in the world.[4] The species have a body length of up to 4 centimetres (1.6 in) and a wingspan of up to 11 cm (4.3 in), each wing ending in a white tip.[5] The larvae of N. myrmeleonides resemble antlions and construct pit traps by burrowing into loose soil.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Planiupennia in the Swedish Museum of Natural History". Naturhistoriska riksmuseet. August 24, 2000. http://www2.nrm.se/en/neurop.html. 
  2. ^ "Blue eyes lacewing — Nymphes myrmeleonides". Brisbane Insects and Spiders. December 30, 2005. Archived from the original on October 25, 2009. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/brisbane_lacewings/BlueEyes.htm&date=2009-10-25+16:37:00. 
  3. ^ "Nymphes myrmeleonides". Zipcode Zoo. April 5, 2007. http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/N/Nymphes_myrmeleonides.asp. 
  4. ^ Heather Proctor (June 14, 2004). "Giant lacewing (Neuroptera: Nymphidae)". University of Alberta. http://bio-ditrl.sunsite.ualberta.ca/detail/?P_MNO=5221. 
  5. ^ "Lacewing development". University of Sydney. June 10, 2006. http://bugs.bio.usyd.edu.au/Entomology/lifeCycles/imagePages/lacewingDevpmnt.html. 
  6. ^ "Nymphes myrmeleonides". Botanic Gardens Trust. http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/conservation_research/ecology_research/Ecology_of_Cumberland_Plain_Woodland/woodland_wildlife/invertebrate_animals/nymphes_myrmeleoides. Retrieved April 17, 2007. 


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