The Berothidae are a
family of
winged insects of the
orderNeuroptera. They are known commonly as the beaded lacewings.[1] The family was first named by
Anton Handlirsch in 1906.[2] The family consists of 24 genera and 110 living species distributed discontinuously worldwide, mostly in tropical and subtropical regions.[3] Numerous extinct species have also been described. Their ecology is poorly known, but in the species where larval stages have been documented, the larvae are predators of
termites.[4]
Systematics
Typical posture in life
A considerable fossil diversity of beaded lacewings is known from the
Late Jurassic onwards, containing numerous genera which are likewise
basal or incertae sedis.
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abArchibald, S.B.; Makarkin, V.N. (2004). "New genus of minute Berothidae (Neuroptera) from Early Eocene amber of British Columbia". The Canadian Entomologist. 136 (1): 61–76.
CiteSeerX10.1.1.552.2285.
doi:
10.4039/n03-043.
S2CID36459014.
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abMachado, R. J. P.; Martins, C. C.; Aspöck, H.; De Miranda Tavares, L. G.; Aspöck, U. (2022). "The first cave associated genus of Berothidae (Insecta: Neuroptera), and a new interpretation of the subfamily Cyrenoberothinae". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 195 (4): 1422–1444.
doi:
10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab104.
The Berothidae are a
family of
winged insects of the
orderNeuroptera. They are known commonly as the beaded lacewings.[1] The family was first named by
Anton Handlirsch in 1906.[2] The family consists of 24 genera and 110 living species distributed discontinuously worldwide, mostly in tropical and subtropical regions.[3] Numerous extinct species have also been described. Their ecology is poorly known, but in the species where larval stages have been documented, the larvae are predators of
termites.[4]
Systematics
Typical posture in life
A considerable fossil diversity of beaded lacewings is known from the
Late Jurassic onwards, containing numerous genera which are likewise
basal or incertae sedis.
^
abArchibald, S.B.; Makarkin, V.N. (2004). "New genus of minute Berothidae (Neuroptera) from Early Eocene amber of British Columbia". The Canadian Entomologist. 136 (1): 61–76.
CiteSeerX10.1.1.552.2285.
doi:
10.4039/n03-043.
S2CID36459014.
^
abMachado, R. J. P.; Martins, C. C.; Aspöck, H.; De Miranda Tavares, L. G.; Aspöck, U. (2022). "The first cave associated genus of Berothidae (Insecta: Neuroptera), and a new interpretation of the subfamily Cyrenoberothinae". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 195 (4): 1422–1444.
doi:
10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab104.