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Checklist of Order Neuroptera Linnaeus, 1758 (And Allies)
for Western Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
494
4980
11122
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
493
4974
11111
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
473
4901
10973
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Neuropterida
Aspöck, Gusenleithner & Malicky, 1999
13
83
181
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Neuroptera
Linnaeus, 1758
And Allies, Ant lions, Ant-lions, Antlions, Lacewing
10
78
172
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Western Cape
10 Families width 172 Species and 1 Subspecies
Mantispidae Leach, 1815Mantid lacewings3SpeciesTaxom
Nemopteridae Rambur, 1842Spoonwings41SpeciesTaxom
Coniopterygidae Burmeister, 1839Dusty lacewings12SpeciesTaxom
Chrysopidae Schneider, 1851And Green Lacewings37SpeciesTaxom
Myrmeleontidae Latreille, 1802Ant lions53SpeciesTaxom
Ascalaphidae Rambur, 1842Owlflies12SpeciesTaxom
Hemerobiidae Latreille, 1802Brown Lacewing10SpeciesTaxom
Berothidae Handlirsch, 1906Beaded lacewing2SpeciesTaxom
Psychopsidae Handlirsch, 1906Silky lacewing1SpeciesTaxom
Sisyridae Handlirsch, 1908Spongeflies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Western Cape
78 Genera with 172 Species
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Afromantispa Snyman & Ohl, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Afroptera9SpeciesTaxom
Aleuropteryx Löw, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Anapochrysa Kimmins, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Ankylopteryx Brauer, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Annulares Mansell, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Apochrysa Schneider, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Banyutus Navas, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Barbibucca Tjeder, 19672SpeciesTaxom
Borniochrysa Brooks & Bar..., 19661SpeciesTaxom
Brachyplectron Esben- Petersen, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Brinckochrysa Tjeder, 19362SpeciesTaxom
Centroclisis Navas, 19125SpeciesTaxom
Chrysemosa Brooks & Bar..., 19142SpeciesTaxom
Chrysoperla Steinmann, 19285SpeciesTaxom
Concroce Tjeder, 19813SpeciesTaxom
Coniopteryx Curtis, 19576SpeciesTaxom
Crambomorphus McLachlan, 18112SpeciesTaxom
Creoleon Tillyard, 18973SpeciesTaxom
Cueta Navas, 18852SpeciesTaxom
Cymothales Gerstaecker, 19164SpeciesTaxom
Dichochrysa Yang, 19215SpeciesTaxom
Distoleon Banks, 19481SpeciesTaxom
Encyopsidius2SpeciesTaxom
Eremoides Tjeder, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Exaetoleon Kimmins, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Golafrus Navas, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Halterina Navas, 19103SpeciesTaxom
Helicoconis Enderlein, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Hemerobius Linnaeus, 19614SpeciesTaxom
Hoelzeliella Aspöck & Asp..., 19971SpeciesTaxom
Italochrysa Principi, 19205SpeciesTaxom
Jaya Navas, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Kimochrysa Tjeder, 19663SpeciesTaxom
Knersvlaktia Picker, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Laurhervasia Navas, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Lomamyia Banks, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Mallada Navas, 18513SpeciesTaxom
Mantispa Illiger, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Melambrotus McLachlan, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Micromus Rambur, 1910Brown Lacewings2SpeciesTaxom
Myrmeleon Linnaeus, 1842Antlion7SpeciesTaxom
Nannoleon Esben- Petersen, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Nemeura Navas, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Nemia Navas, 19677SpeciesTaxom
Nemopterella Banks, 187411SpeciesTaxom
Neomelambrotus Weele, 19922SpeciesTaxom
Nesoleon Banks, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Neuroleon Navas, 19134SpeciesTaxom
Nimboa Navas, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Notiobiella Banks, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Obus Navas, 19293SpeciesTaxom
Palmipenna Tjeder, 19674SpeciesTaxom
Palparellus Navas, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Palpares Rambur, 17586SpeciesTaxom
Palparidius Péringuey, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Pamexis Hagen, 17844SpeciesTaxom
Paramelambrotus Tjeder, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Proctarrelabis Lefèbvre, 18533SpeciesTaxom
Proctolyra Tjeder, 19923SpeciesTaxom
Psectra Hagen, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoconis Meinander, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomallada Tsukaguchi, 192110SpeciesTaxom
Sagittalata Handschin, 17722SpeciesTaxom
Semidalis Enderlein, 19352SpeciesTaxom
Semirhynchia Tjeder, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Sicyoptera Navas, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Silveira Navas, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Sisyra Burmeister, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Strixomyia Tjeder, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Suca Navas, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Sympherobius Banks, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Syngenes Kolbe, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Thysanocroce Withycombe, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Tjederia Mansell, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Tricholeon Esben- Petersen, 19482SpeciesTaxom
Turnerochrysa Kimmins, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Wesmaelius Kruger, 19551SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
172 Species and 1 Subspecies
Afromantispa tenella Erichson, 1839
Afroptera exigua Tjeder, 1967
Afroptera lanata Tjeder, 1967
Afroptera munroi Tjeder, 1967
Afroptera obtusa Tjeder, 1967
Afroptera parva Tjeder, 1967
Afroptera peringueyi Tjeder, 1967
Afroptera pilosa Tjeder, 1967
Afroptera pruinosa Tjeder, 1967
Afroptera remifera Westwood, 1874
Aleuropteryx ohmi Meinander, 1998
Anapochrysa voeltzkowi (van der Weele, 1909)⇒ Apochrysa voeltzkowi van der Weele, 1909
Ankylopteryx (Parankylopteryx) neavei (Navas, 1913)⇒ Parankylopteryx polysticta Navas, 1910
Annulares aspoecki Mansell, 2004
Apochrysa leptalea Rambur, 1842
Apochrysa voeltzkowi van der Weele, 1909
Banyutus pulverulentus Rambur, 1842
Barbibucca biremis Kolbe, 1900
Barbibucca elegans Tjeder, 1967
Borniochrysa squamosa Tjeder, 1966
Brachyplectron capense Esben-Petersen, 1925
Brinckochrysa stenoptera Navas, 1910
Brinckochrysa turkanensis Navas, 1936
Centroclisis brachygaster brachygaster (Rambur, 1842)⇒ Centroclisis brachygaster Rambur, 1842
Centroclisis distincta Rambur, 1842
Centroclisis maligna Navas, 1912
Centroclisis mendax Navas, 1912
Chrysemosa jeanneli Navas, 1914
Chrysoperla carnea Stephens, 1836Aphid lion
Chrysoperla congrua Walker, 1853
Chrysoperla pudica Navas, 1914
Chrysoperla zastrowi Esben-Petersen, 1928
Concroce capensis Tjeder, 1967
Concroce parva Mansell, 1981
Coniopteryx (Holoconiopteryx) tenuicornis Tjeder, 1969
Coniopteryx (Holoconiopteryx) turneri Kimmins, 1935
Coniopteryx (Xeroconiopteryx) bicuspis Tjeder, 1957
Coniopteryx (Xeroconiopteryx) spatulifera Meinander, 1983
Coniopteryx (Xeroconiopteryx) squamata Meinander, 1983
Coniopteryx albostriata Tjeder, 1957
Crambomorphus karrooanus Péringuey, 1910
Crambomorphus sinuatus Olivier, 1811
Creoleon africanus Rambur, 1842
Creoleon mortifer Walker, 1853
Creoleon nubifer Kolbe, 1897
Cueta trivirgata Gerstäcker, 1885
Cymothales capensis Mansell, 1987
Cymothales eccentros Walker, 1860
Cymothales illustris Navas, 1913
Cymothales spectabilis Esben-Petersen, 1916
Dichochrysa handschini (Navas, 1929)⇒ Pseudomallada handschini Navás, 1929
Dichochrysa incrassata (Tjeder, 1966)⇒ Pseudomallada incrassatus Tjeder, 1966
Dichochrysa spissinervis (Tjeder, 1966)⇒ Pseudomallada spissinervis Tjeder, 1966
Dichochrysa tacta (Navas, 1921)⇒ Pseudomallada tactus Navás, , 1921
Distoleon pondoensis Kimmins, 1948
Encyopsidius apicalis Tjeder & Han..., 1992
Encyopsidius promontorii Péringuey, 1910
Eremoides bicristatus Banks, 1924
Exaetoleon obtabilis Péringuey, 1910
Golafrus oneili Péringuey, 1911
Halterina pulchella Péringuey, 1910
Halterina purcelli Péringuey, 1910
Helicoconis (Capoconis) capensis Enderlein, 1914
Hemerobius abditus Tjeder, 1961
Hemerobius nairobicus Navas, 1910
Hemerobius reconditus Navas, 1914
Hemerobius rudebecki Tjeder, 1961
Hoelzeliella manselli U. Aspöck & ..., 1997
Italochrysa amplipennis Tjeder, 1966
Italochrysa neurodes
Italochrysa nevrodes Rambur, 1842
Italochrysa peringueyi Esben-Petersen, 1920
Jaya dasymalla Gerstäcker, 1863
Kimochrysa africana Kimmins, 1937
Kimochrysa impar Tjeder, 1966
Kimochrysa raphidioides Tjeder, 1966
Knersvlaktia nigroptera Picker, 1984
Laurhervasia setacea Klug, 1838
Lomamyia fulva Carpenter, 1940
Mallada boninensis (Okamoto, 1914)⇒ Mallada desjardinsi Navas, 1911
Mallada burgeonina
Mallada chloris (Schneider, 1851)⇒ Pseudomallada chloris Schneider, 1851
Mantispa elpidica Navas, 1914
Melambrotus papio Tjeder, 1992
Micromus oblongus Kimmins, 1935
Micromus sjostedti van der Weele, 1910
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) alcestris Banks, 1911
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) doralice Banks, 1911
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) lanceolatus Rambur, 1842Wittmann's milkvetch
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) lethifer (Walker, 1853)⇒ Hagenomyia lethifer
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) pallescens Navas, 1934
Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) quinquemaculatus Hagen, 1853
Myrmeleon (Nehornius) obscurus Rambur, 1842Wittmann's milkvetch
Nannoleon michaelseni Esben-Petersen, 1928
Nemeura gracilis Hagen, 1886
Nemia angulata Westwood, 1836
Nemia costalis Westwood, 1836
Nemia elongata Tjeder, 1967
Nemia karrooa Péringuey, 1911
Nemia lata Tjeder, 1967
Nemia zebra Tjeder, 1967
Nemopterella africana Leach, 1815
Nemopterella cedrus Mansell & Ab..., 2019
Nemopterella exigua Tjeder, 1967
Nemopterella lanata Tjeder, 1967
Nemopterella longicornis Tjeder, 1967
Nemopterella obtusa Tjeder, 1967
Nemopterella parva Tjeder, 1967
Nemopterella peringueyi Tjeder, 1967
Nemopterella pilosa Tjeder, 1967
Nemopterella remifera Westwood, 1874
Neomelambrotus densinervis Tjeder, 1992
Nesoleon boschimanus Péringuey, 1910
Nesoleon braunsi Banks, 1909
Neuroleon (Neuroleon) basutinus Navas, 1927Whario
Neuroleon (Neuroleon) braunsi Navas, 1923
Neuroleon (Neuroleon) chloranthe Banks, 1911
Neuroleon (Neuroleon) sansibaricus Navas, 1913
Nimboa capensis Tjeder, 1957
Notiobiella turneri Kimmins, 1933
Obus capensis Navas, 1925Yellowfinned albacore
Obus elizabethae Banks, 1911
Obus infirmus Navas, 1929
Palmipenna aeoleoptera Picker, 1987
Palmipenna palmulata Tjeder, 1967
Palmipenna pilicornis Tjeder, 1967
Palparellus dubiosus (Péringuey, 1910)⇒ Palparellus astutus Walker, 1853
Palparellus pulchellus Esben-Petersen, 1922
Palpares caffer Burmeister, 1839
Palpares elegantulus Péringuey, 1910
Palpares immensus McLachlan, 1867
Palpares libelluloides Linnaeus, 1764
Palpares speciosus Linnaeus, 1758
Palparidius capicola Péringuey, 1910
Pamexis bifasciata Olivier, 1811
Pamexis karoo Mansell, 1992
Pamexis lutea Thunberg, 1784
Paramelambrotus whiteheadi Tjeder, 1992
Proctarrelabis capensis (Thunberg, 1784)⇒ Nephoneura capensis Fabricius, 1781
Proctarrelabis involvens Walker, 1853
Proctolyra brincki Tjeder, 1992
Proctolyra hessei Tjeder, 1992
Proctolyra varii Tjeder, 1992
Psectra capensis Kimmins, 1935
Pseudoconis maculipennis Meinander, 1972
Pseudomallada caffer Tjeder, 1966
Pseudomallada chloris Schneider, 1851
Pseudomallada handschini Navás, 1929
Pseudomallada incrassatus Tjeder, 1966
Pseudomallada karooensis Hölzel, 1993
Pseudomallada kibonotoensis van der Weele, 1910
Pseudomallada nicolainus Navás, 1929
Pseudomallada rubicundus Hölzel, 1993
Pseudomallada spissinervis Tjeder, 1966
Pseudomallada tactus Navás, , 1921
Sagittalata pusilla Pallas, 1772
Semidalis fuelleborni Enderlein, 1906
Semidalis meridionalis Kimmins, 1935
Semirhynchia dumbrodiana Péringuey, 1910
Sicyoptera dilatata Klug, 1838
Silveira jordani Kimmins, 1939
Sisyra afra Kimmins, 1935
Strixomyia manselli Tjeder, 1989
Suca delicata Navas, 1921
Sympherobius (Sympherobius) fallax Navas, 1908
Syngenes longicornis Rambur, 1842
Thysanocroce damarae McLachlan, 1898
Tjederia namaquensis Mansell, 1977
Tricholeon hirtellus Esben-Petersen, 1925
Tricholeon nigripes Kimmins, 1948
Turnerochrysa mirifica Kimmins, 1935
Wesmaelius barnardi Tjeder, 1955

Subnodes of Neuroptera with occurrences in Western Cape
SuborderHemerobiiformia
Henry, 1982
6
31
65
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuborderMyrmeleontiformia
Henry, 1982
4
47
107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Neuroptera (Linnaeus 1758)
Neuroptera (Linnaeus 1758)


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