Sisyridae

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Noun1.Sisyridae - an arthropod family of the order Neuroptera that includes spongeflies
family Sisyridae
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
Neuroptera, order Neuroptera - an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fish flies; mantispids; spongeflies
spongefly, spongillafly - hairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges
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Corydalus GYRINIDAE (larvas & adultos) Chloronia Dineutus Platyneuromus Enhydrus SIALIDAE (larvas) Gyretes Sialis Gyrinus ORDEN NEUROPTERA HYDRAENIDAE (adultos) SISYRIDAE (larvas) Hydraena Sisyra Ochthebius ORDEN COLEOPTERA HALIPLIDAE (larvas) CHRYSOMELIDAE (larvas) Haliplus Cephalocela HYDROPHILIDAE (larvas & adultos) Gen.
La coleccion de Entomologia Acuatica del Museo de Zoologia, Universidad de Costa Rica: lista actualizada de generos, importancia y retos futuros
The Sisyridae are one of two families of neuropterans whose larvae are fully aquatic (Winterton el al, 2010) and lai-vae rely on freshwater sponges Porifera: Spongillidae) for survival (Brown, 1952).
There have been numerous North American distribution records published for the Sisyridae (e.g., Parfin and Ourney.
Spongillaflies (Neuroptera: Sisyridae) of North America with a key to larvae and adults.
Distribution of Sisyridae and Freshwater Sponges in the upper-Susquehanna Watershed, Otsego County, New York with a New Locality for Climacia areolaris (Hagen)
In addition, spongivorous aquatic insects, such as Trichoptera (Leptoceridae), Neuroptera (Sisyridae), and Diptera (Chironomidae), associate with and consume freshwater sponges (Skelton and Strand, 2013).
First record and habitat associations of Spongilla cenota (Class Demospongiae) within streams of the Edwards Plateau, Texas, USA
Sisyridae has a worldwide distribution and in the New World there are 30 species, distributed between 2 genera (Sisyra and Climacia); 16 species occur in Brazil (Flint 2006).
Larvae of Sisyridae are associated with colonies of freshwater sponges (Porifera: Haplosclerida: Spongillidae) where they live and obtain their food.
First record of Sisyridae (Neuroptera) in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, with bionomic notes on Sisyra Panama
Carpenter, "A revision of the Nearctic Hemerobiidae, Berothidae, Sisyridae, Polystoechotidae and Dilaridae (Neuroptera)," Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol.
Nothochrysinae (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae): new larval description and generic synonymy, with a consideration of generic relationships
1 Coleoptera, Carabidae 2 3 Trichoptera unidentified 5 4 Trichoptera, Stenophylax permistus 1 Trichoptera, pupae 1 Neuroptera, Sisyridae 1 Lepidoptera, Scoliopteryx libatrix 1 Araneae, imm Meta menardi 1 1 1 Araneae, Meta merianae 2 1 Myriopoda, unidentified Diplopoda 1 Myriopoda, Julidae 5 5 Myriopoda, Cylindroiulus punctatus 1 2 Myriopoda, Nanagona polydesmoides 4 3 Myriopoda, Chilopoda Geophilomorpha 3 Gastropoda (Slugs) 1 12 Total number of prey recorded 26 39 4 Prey taxon Total % of total Unidentified prey items 3 4 Diptera, Nematocera 2 3 Diptera, Culicidae 1 1 Diptera, Eristalis sp.
The diet of the cave spider Meta menardi (Latreille 1804) (Araneae, Tetragnathidae)
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