polystoechotid
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Noun edit
polystoechotid (plural polystoechotids)
- (zoology) Any insect of the giant lacewing family, Polystoechotidae.
- 1987, Ronald Hamlyn-Harris, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, volume 25, page 446:
- If L. lineata is considered a polystoechotid, then the position of the primary fork of MP does not necessarily indicate that the two specimens are forewings […] .
- 1997, Walter Creighton Brown, Species of the Guentheri group of Platymantis (Amphibia: Ranidae) from the Philippines: Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, volume 50, page 87:
- Polystoechotids, or giant lacewings, are among the largest of North American neuropterans, and among the least known.
- 2002, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, page 175:
- Many have been collected around camp fires. Polystoechotids are also taken at lights in remote areas.
Synonyms edit
- (any species of Polystoechotidae): giant lacewing