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Neuroptera
The
insect order Neuroptera, or
net-winged insects, includes the
lacewings,
mantidflies,
antlions, and their relatives. The order contains about 6,000
species. The group was once known as
Planipennia, and at that time also included
alderflies,
fishflies,
dobsonflies, and
snakeflies, but these are now generally considered to be separate orders (the
Megaloptera and
Raphidioptera). Sometimes the name
Neuropterida is used to refer to these three orders as a group. This is either placed at
superorder rank, with the
Endopterygota becoming an unranked
clade above it, or the Endopterygota are maintained as a superorder, with an unranked Neuropterida being a part of them. Within the endopterygotes, the closest living relatives of the neuropteridan clade are the
beetles. The common name
lacewings is often used for the most widely known net-winged insects – the
green lacewings (Chrysopidae) – but actually most members of the Neuroptera are referred to as some sort of "lacewing".
Neuroptera
Noun
1. an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fishflies; mantispids; spongeflies
(synonym) order Neuroptera
(hypernym) animal order
(member-holonym) Insecta, class Insecta, Hexapoda, class Hexapoda
(member-meronym) neuropteron, neuropteran, neuropterous insect
neuropteron
Noun
1. insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins
(synonym) neuropteran, neuropterous insect
(hypernym) insect
(hyponym) ant lion, antlion, antlion fly
(member-holonym) Neuroptera, order Neuroptera
Neuroptera
n.
neuroptera, insects that have four membranous wings that look like nets
neurotteri
nm.
alderfly
Neuroptera
(n. pl.)
An order of hexapod insects having two pairs of large, membranous, net-veined wings. The mouth organs are adapted for chewing. They feed upon other insects, and undergo a complete metamorphosis. The ant-lion, hellgamite, and lacewing fly are examples. Formerly, the name was given to a much more extensive group, including the true Neuroptera and the Pseudoneuroptera.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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