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An unusual species of spoon‐wing lacewing (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae) from South Africa, with notes on its biology
Author(s) -
PICKER M. D.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
systematic entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1365-3113
pISSN - 0307-6970
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1987.tb00199.x
Subject(s) - neuroptera , biology , wing , zoology , insect , ecology , larva , engineering , aerospace engineering
. An unusual species of spoon‐wing lacewing, Palmipenna aeoleoptera sp.n., is described from Namaqualand, South Africa. This small species is similar to its three congeners in general body morphology and genitalic features. Its hindwings, however, differ dramatically from known insect hindwing form. These conspicuously pigmented wings with their relatively huge surface area are hypothesized to have dual aerodynamic and semaphore functions when used by males in gliding flight during mate attraction.