Polystoechotes

Genus of lacewings

Polystoechotes
Polystoechotes punctata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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

These two species belong to the genus Polystoechotes:

  • Polystoechotes gazullai Navás, 1924[1][2][3]
  • Polystoechotes punctata (Fabricius, 1793)[1][2][3] b

References

  1. ^ a b c "Polystoechotes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  2. ^ a b c "Browse Polystoechotes". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  3. ^ a b c "Polystoechotes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  4. ^ 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

  • Penny, Norman D.; Adans, 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.
Taxon identifiers
Polystoechotes


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