NEUROPTERA
(lacewings)

Interactions where NEUROPTERA is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva is predator of larva Gastrophysa viridula Green Dock Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Neuroptera/Neuropteralacewingslarva Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Gastrophysa viridula/Gastrophysa viridulagreen dock beetlelarva
larva larva is predator of APHIDIDAE greenfly Hemiptera Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Neuroptera/Neuropteralacewingslarva Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Aphididaegreenfly

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications

NEUROPTERA (lacewings) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

NEUROPTERA (lacewings) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
CHRYSOPIDAE
green lacewings
Family 5 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderNEUROPTERA (lacewings)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for NEUROPTERA (lacewings)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Davis, B.N.K. 1991 Insects on Nettles Naturalists' Handbooks, 1, 2 edition, 68pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Elliott, J.M. 1996 Freshwater Megaloptera and Neuroptera of Britain and Ireland: Keys to adults and larvae, and a review of their ecology 73pp
Fraser, Lt-Col F.C. 1959 *** Mecoptera Megaloptera Neuroptera ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, Parts 12 & 13, 40pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Jepson, J.E. 2023 Lacewings and their Allies
Killington, F.J. 1936 *** A Monograph of the British Neuroptera ***(Superseded) Vols 122 & 123, The Ray Society, London
Leleya, A.C. (ed.) 2007 Vol. IV. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera: Part 5 Hymenoptera Key to the insects of Russian Far East, Vol. IV, 1052pp
Plant, C.W. 1997 A Key to the Adults of British Lacewings and their allies AIDGAP, 90pp, Field Studies Council
() Rotheray, G.E. 1989 Aphid Predators Naturalists' Handbooks, 11, 77pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Wuilbaut, J.J. Cercle de Mycologie de Mons (Belgique): (Page perso de JJ. Wuilbaut) users.skynet.be/jjw.myco.mons

Aquatic/Larvae

Nilsson, A. (ed.) 1996 Aquatic Insects of North Europe Aquatic Insects of North Europe, Two vols, 714pp, Apollo Books

Aquatic

Nilsson, A. (ed.) 1996 Aquatic Insects of North Europe Aquatic Insects of North Europe, Two vols, 714pp, Apollo Books

Freshwater/Larvae

Gledhill, T. & Wallace, I. 2010 Module 9: advanced identification of miscellaneous taxa including Crustacea https://www.fba.org.uk/identification-freshwater-invertebrates-species-level-distance-learning-course

Regional/Russian Far East

Anon 2007 Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera Key to the insects of Russian Far East, Vol IV, Pt 5, 430pp

NEUROPTERA (lacewings) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Kirby, P. 1992 A review of the scarcer Neuroptera of Great Britain Research & survey in nature conservation, No. 34, 31pp, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough
Plant, C.W. 1994 Provisional atlas of the lacewings and allied insects (Neuroptera, Megaloptera, Raphidioptera and Mecoptera) of Britain and Ireland 203pp, Biological Records Centre

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to NEUROPTERA (lacewings):

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