polystoechotid
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Polystoechotes punctatus
Noun
polystoechotid (plural polystoechotids)
- (zoology) Any insect of the giant lacewing family, Polystoechotidae.
- 1987, Ronald Hamlyn-Harris, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Volume 25, page 446,
- If L. lineata is considered a polystoechotid, then the position of the primary fork of MP does not necessarily indicate that the two specimens are forewings […] .
- 1997, Walter Creighton Brown, Species of the Guentheri group of Platymantis (Amphibia: Ranidae) from the Philippines, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Volume 50, page 87,
- Polystoechotids, or giant lacewings, are among the largest of North American neuropterans, and among the least known.
- 2002, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, page 175,
- Many have been collected around camp fires. Polystoechotids are also taken at lights in remote areas.
- 1987, Ronald Hamlyn-Harris, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Volume 25, page 446,
Synonyms
- (any species of Polystoechotidae): giant lacewing
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