family Hemerobiidae

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family Hemerobiidae - brown lacewings

arthropod family - any of the arthropods

Neuroptera, order Neuroptera - an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fish flies; mantispids; spongeflies

aphid lion, aphis lion - carnivorous larva of lacewing flies

brown lacewing, hemerobiid, hemerobiid fly - small dark-colored lacewing fly

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Oswald, "Revision and cladistic analysis of the world genera of the family Hemerobiidae (Insecta: Neuroptera)," Journal of the New York Entomological Society, vol.

Nothochrysinae (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae): new larval description and generic synonymy, with a consideration of generic relationships