''Lomamyia'' is a genus of beaded lacewings in the family
Berothidae
The Berothidae are a family of winged insects of the order Neuroptera. They are known commonly as the beaded lacewings. The family was first named by Anton Handlirsch in 1906. The family consists of 24 genera and 110 living species distributed di ...
. There are about 11 described species in ''Lomamyia''.
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Biology
Larvae of ''Lomamyia'' are predatory upon termites, and they have been shown to incapacitate their prey using a chemical sprayed from their anus.
Species
These 11 species belong to the genus ''Lomamyia'':
* ''
Lomamyia banksi''
Carpenter, 1940
* ''
Lomamyia flavicornis''
(Walker, 1853)
* ''
Lomamyia fulva''
Carpenter, 1940
* ''
Lomamyia hamata''
(Walker, 1853)
* ''
Lomamyia latipennis
''Lomamyia'' is a genus of beaded lacewings in the family Berothidae. There are about 11 described species in ''Lomamyia''.
Biology
Larvae of ''Lomamyia'' are predatory upon termites, and they have been shown to incapacitate their prey u ...
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Carpenter, 1940
* ''
Lomamyia longicollis''
(Walker, 1853)
* ''
Lomamyia occidentalis''
(Banks in Baker, 1905)
* ''
Lomamyia squamosa''
Carpenter, 1940
* ''
Lomamyia tenuis''
Carpenter, 1940
* ''
Lomamyia texana''
(Banks, 1897)
* ''
Lomamyia trombetensis''
Penny, 1985
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Hemerobiiformia
Neuroptera genera
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