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Osmylidae
Family of insects / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Osmylidae are a small family of winged insects of the net-winged insect order Neuroptera. The osmylids, also called lance lacewings, stream lacewings[1] or giant lacewings[note 1],[2] are found all over the world except North and Central America. There are around 225 extant species.[3]
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Osmylidae | |
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Porismus strigatus, Black Mountain, Canberra (Australia) | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Neuroptera |
Superfamily: | Osmyloidea |
Family: | Osmylidae Linnaeus, 1758 |
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