Neuropteriodea of Brackenridge Field Laboratory

Brackenridge Field Laboratory
At the University of Texas at Austin

2907 Lake Austin Boulevard : Austin, TX 78703 : 512/471-2114

	Provisional Checklist of the Neuropteriodea of Brackenridge Field Laboratory and Austin Prepared by R.W. Patrock 5 November 1988
Order Megaloptera
Family Sialidae (There is only a single genus of this family in the United States) 1. Sialis velata

Order Raphidioptera
This order is primarily Holarctic with a few species in Mexico. In North America they are confined to the area west of the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. There are two families in the United States, one of which is found in Texas. The other, Inocelliidae, is present in the Pacific Northwest.
Family Raphidiidae 1. Raphidia bicolor Banks

Order Neuroptera
Family Mantispidae SbFam Mantispinae 1. Mantispa interrupta Say 2. Mantispilla viridis Family Hemerobiidae 3. Hemerobius sp. 4. Micromus posticus Family Chrysopidae 5. Chrysopa oculata Say 6. C. rufilabris Burm. 8. C. suphurea Fitch Family Myrmeleontidae SbFam Myrmeleontinae 9. Myrmeleon rusticus 10. Vela sp. Family Ascalaphidae SbFam Ascalaphinae (There is one genus in this subfamily with five species in the U.S.) 11. Ululodes hyalina Latr. Hagen

Neuropteroidea in the BFL Collection from other Austin Localities Order Neuroptera Family Coniopterygidae Family Chrysopidae C. quadripunctata Burm C. plorabunda Fitch C. externa Hagen C. bimaculata Leucochrysa americana Bank Family Myrmeleontidae SbFam Myrmeleontinae 6. Psammoleon ingeniosus SbFam Dendroleontinae 7. Brachynemurus carrizonus Hagen 8. B. abdominalis Say 9. Neuroptynx juvenis McLach
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