Megalomus

Megalomus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Neuroptera
Family:	Hemerobiidae
Genus:	Megalomus Rambur, 1842
Synonyms
Spinomegalomus Hagen, 1888

Megalomus is a genus of brown lacewings in the family Hemerobiidae. There are at least 40 described species in Megalomus.

Species

These 44 species belong to the genus Megalomus:

• Megalomus acunai Alayo, 1968 ^{i c g}
• Megalomus amnistiatus Monserrat, 1997 ^{i c g}
• Megalomus angulatus Carpenter, 1940 ^{i c g}
• Megalomus arytaenoideus C.-k. Yang, 1997 ^{c g}
• Megalomus atomarius Navás, 1936 ^{c g}
• Megalomus australis (González Olazo, 1992) ^{i c g}
• Megalomus axillatus Navás, 1927 ^{c g}
• Megalomus balachowskyi Lestage, 1928 ^{c g}
• Megalomus carpenteri Penny, Adams & Stange, 1997 ^{i c g b}
• Megalomus caucasicus Makarkin, 1991 ^{c g}
• Megalomus darwini Banks, 1924 ^{i c g}
• Megalomus democraticus Monserrat, 1997 ^{i c g}
• Megalomus densistriatus Henriksen, 1922 ^{c g}
• Megalomus elephiscus C.-k. Yang, 1997 ^{c g}
• Megalomus fidelis (Banks, 1897) ^{i c g b}
• Megalomus flinti (Nakahara, 1965) ^{i c g}
• Megalomus formosanus Banks, 1937 ^{c g}
• Megalomus fraternus C.-k. Yang & Z.-q. Liu, 2001 ^{c g}
• Megalomus hirtus (Linnaeus, 1761) ^{c g}
• Megalomus impudicus (Gerstaecker, 1888) ^{i c g}
• Megalomus luigionii Navas, 1928 ^{c g}
• Megalomus maculosus Makarkin, 1991 ^{c g}
• Megalomus magallanicus New, 1990 ^{c g}
• Megalomus marginatus Banks, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Megalomus minor Banks in Baker, 1905 ^{i c g}
• Megalomus moestus Banks, 1895 ^{i c g b}
• Megalomus monticellii Navas, 1928 ^{c g}
• Megalomus navasi Lacroix, 1912 ^{c g}
• Megalomus nebulosus Navás, 1926 ^{i c g}
• Megalomus nigratus (Navás, 1929) ^{i c g}
• Megalomus obscurus Steinmann, 1965 ^{c g}
• Megalomus parvus Krüger, 1922 ^{c g}
• Megalomus pictus Hagen, 1861 ^{i c g}
• Megalomus pyraloides Rambur, 1842 ^{c g}
• Megalomus rafaeli Penny and Monserrat, 1985 ^{i c g}
• Megalomus ricoi Monserrat, 1997 ^{i c g}
• Megalomus sammnesianus González Olazo, 1987 ^{i c g}
• Megalomus setosulus (Walker, 1860) ^{c g}
• Megalomus tibetanus C.-k. Yang et al. in Huang et al., 1988 ^{c g}
• Megalomus tinctus (Jarzembowski, 1980) ^{c g}
• Megalomus tineoides Rambur, 1842 ^{c g}
• Megalomus tortricoides Rambur, 1842 ^{c g}
• Megalomus uniformis Banks, 1935 ^{i c g}
• Megalomus yunnanus C.-k. Yang, 1986 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• Elliott, John Malcolm (1996). British Freshwater Megaloptera and Neuroptera: a key with ecological notes. Freshwater Biological Association. ISBN 978-0900386565.
• Hagen, Hermann August (1861). Synopsis of the Neuroptera of North America with a list of the South American species. Vol. 4. Smithsonian institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.22092.
• New, T.R. (1975). "The biology of Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae (Neuroptera), with reference to their usage as biocontrol agents: a review". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 127 (2). Royal Entomological Society of London: 115–140. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1975.tb00561.x.
• Penny, Norman D.; Adans, Phillip A.; Stange, Lionel A. (1997). "Species catalog of the Neuroptera, Megaloptera and Raphidioptera of America north of Mexico". Retrieved 2018-04-26.
• Penny, Norman D.; Monserrat, Victor J. (1985). "Neuroptera of the Amazon Basin Part 10. Hemerobiidae". Acta Amazonica. 13 (5–6): 879–909. ISSN 0044-5967.