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Nemoptera bipennis

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Nemoptera bipennis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Family: Nemopteridae
Genus: Nemoptera
Species:
N. bipennis
Binomial name
Nemoptera bipennis
(Illiger, 1812)
Synonyms[1]

Nemoptera lusitanica (Leach, 1815)

Nemoptera bipennis is a species of slow flying insect in the spoonwing family, Nemopteridae. It is found in Spain, Portugal, and France.[2] Nemoptera bipennis lives in calcareous areas with low vegetation.

The adults are diurnal,[3] and the larvae feed on ant larvae.[4]

References

  1. ^ Nemoptera lusitanica (Leach, 1815) synonym of Nemoptera bipennis
  2. ^ Fauna Europæa
  3. ^ "Nemoptera bipennis (Illiger 1812) - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  4. ^ Monserrat, V. J.; M. D. Martinez (1995). "On the possible myrmecophily of Nemopterinae larvae(Neuroptera, Nemopteridae" (PDF). Sociobiology. 26 (1): 55–68. ISSN 0361-6525. Wikidata Q109914140.