Nusalala

Nusalala is a genus of brown lacewings. The scientific name was published in 1913 by Longinos Navás.[1] They belong to the subfamily Microminae, as well as the genera Micromus and Megalomina.[2]
Some species of this genus, such as Nusalala brachyptera , are "brachypter" meaning short wings,[3] and have lost the ability to fly; they can only jump. This phenomenon has evolved in a number of genera in the family Hemerobiidae[4]

Nusalala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Family: Hemerobiidae
Subfamily: Microminae
Genus: Nusalala
Navás, 1913
Type species
Nusalala erecta
Navás, 1913
Distribution of Nusalala

This genus have an exclusive neotropical distribution (South America, Central America and the Caribbean).[5] As well, the distribution is limited in the South Cone and steppes, where its humidity and temperature conditions may not be enough, and in rain forests, despite their tropical nature.[5]

Species
  • Nusalala andina Penny & Sturm, 1984
  • Nusalala brachyptera Oswald, 1997
  • Nusalala camposina Navás, 1929
  • Nusalala championi Kimmins, 1936
  • Nusalala colombiensis Banks, 1910
  • Nusalala cubana Hagen, 1886
  • Nusalala dispar Banks, 1910
  • Nusalala erecta Navás, 1913
  • Nusalala ghioi Monserrat, 2000
  • Nusalala ilusionata Monserrat, 2004
  • Nusalala irrebita Navás, 1929
  • Nusalala marginata Navás, 1926
  • Nusalala marini Monserrat, 2000
  • Nusalala navasi Kimmins, 1936
  • Nusalala neotropica Esben-Petersen, 1914
  • Nusalala payasi Monserrat, 2000
  • Nusalala tessellata Gerstaecker, 1888
  • Nusalala uncata Kimmins, 1936
  • Nusalala unguicaudata Monserrat, 2000

References
  1. L. Navás. "Névroptères" in Mission du Service Géographique de l'Armée pour la mesure d'un Arc de Méridien équatorial en Amérique du Sud 1899-1906, Tome 10: Entomologie - Botanique, Paris, 1913, p. 74
  2. Garzón-Orduña, Ivonne J.; Menchaca-Armenta, Imelda; Contreras-Ramos, Atilano; Liu, Xingyue; Winterton, Shaun L. (2016-09-20). "The phylogeny of brown lacewings (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) reveals multiple reductions in wing venation". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16: 192. doi:10.1186/s12862-016-0746-5. PMC 5029026. PMID 27645380.
  3. Lancaster, Jill; Downes, Barbara J. (2013). Aquatic entomology (1st ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 162. ISBN 0199573212.
  4. OSWALD, JOHN D. (October 1996). "A new brachypterous Nusalala species from Costa Rica, with comments on the evolution of flightlessness in brown lacewings (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae)". Systematic Entomology. 21 (4): 343–352. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1996.tb00603.x.
  5. Monserrat, Victor (2000). "Revisión del género Nusalala (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae)". Fragmenta Entomologica. 32 (1): 83–162.


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