Family HEMEROBIIDAE
Compiler and date details
T.R. New La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
Introduction
The brown lacewings are generally small, rather plain insects associated with trees, shrubs or low vegetation. Most Australian species seem not to be very common, and only Micromus tasmaniae Walker, 1860 and Drepanacra binocula (Newman, 1838) are encountered frequently, the latter mainly in the east of the country.
Larvae are active predators and those of Micromus tasmaniae Walker, 1860 are important consumers of aphids and other pests on orchard and field crops.
The Australian species, reviewed by New (1988), have strong affinity with those of New Guinea (New 1989). The taxonomic arrangement adopted here follows the recent global generic revision of the family by Oswald (1993), and a checklist of species was provided by Monserrat (1990).
General References
Monserrat, V.J. 1990. A systematic checklist of the Hemerobiidae of the world (Insecta: Neuroptera). pp. 215-262 in Mansell, M.W. & Aspöck, H. (eds). Advances in Neuropterology. Pretoria : Department of Agricultural Development.
New, T.R. 1988. A revision of the Australian Hemerobiidae (Insecta: Neuroptera). Invertebrate Taxonomy 2: 339-411
New, T.R. 1989. Hemerobiidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) from New Guinea. Invertebrate Taxonomy 2: 605-632
Oswald, J.D. 1993. Revision and cladistic analysis of the world genera of the family Hemerobiidae (Insecta: Neuroptera). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 101: 143-299
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |