CHECK LIST OF INDIAN NEUROPTERIDS - Zoological Survey of ...
CHECK LIST OF INDIAN NEUROPTERIDS - Zoological Survey of ...
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Neuropterids commonly known as ‘Lace wings, nerve-winged insects, ant lions, snake<br />
flies, alder flies and dobson flies’ is an important group <strong>of</strong> predacious insects which includes<br />
many small to large sized, s<strong>of</strong>t bodied structurally and biologically heterogenous members.<br />
They are readily recognized by the network <strong>of</strong> veins <strong>of</strong> generally transparent wings and well<br />
developed antennae. The neuropterids are rarely abundant in numbers and most are weak in<br />
flight. They feed on s<strong>of</strong>t-bodied insects including pests in their larval and adult stages thus<br />
considered as valuable allies <strong>of</strong> man. Their carnivorous habit <strong>of</strong>fers a better scope for their use<br />
in biological control measures.<br />
Numerically about 6,256 species are known from the world and Indian fauna accounts<br />
for 342 species and 15 subspecies belonging to 121 genera under 14 families (Oswald, 2007),<br />
which is about 5.5 % <strong>of</strong> world occurrence.<br />
MEGALOPTERA<br />
Family: Corydalidae<br />
Subfamily: Corydalinae<br />
1. Genus: Acanthacorydalis Weele, 1907<br />
1. Acanthacorydalis asiatica (Wood-Mason, 1884)<br />
2. Acanthacorydalis horrenda Navás, 1931<br />
3. Corydalus territans Needham, 1909<br />
2. Genus: Corydalus Latreille, 1802<br />
3. Genus: Neoneuromus Weele, 1909<br />
4. Neoneuromus fenestralis (MacLachlan, 1869)<br />
4 a. Neoneuromus fenestralis fenestralis (MacLachlan, 1869)<br />
5. Neoneuromus latratus (MacLachlan, 1869)<br />
5 a. Neoneuromus latratus latratus (MacLachlan, 1910)<br />
6. Neoneuromus sikkimensis (van derWeele, 1907)<br />
4. Genus: Neurhermes Navás, 1915<br />
7. Neurhermes costatostriatus (van der Weele, 1907)<br />
8. Neurhermes maculiferus (Walker, 1853)<br />
9. Neurhermes maculipennis (Gray, 1832)<br />
10. Neurhermes selysi (van der Weele, 1909)<br />
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