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Narrative
Nerve Winged Insects (Order Neuroptera) contain several families of unusual insects. There are about forty-five hundred species worldwide and about three hundred and forty of them are found in North America. The Dobsonflies and the Fishflies (Order Megaloptera) are sometimes separated from the Neuroptera and placed in a separate order. The order Megaloptera contains about one hundred and eighty species worldwide and only about twenty species are found in North America.
Taxonomy
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Latin
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English
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Kingdom
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Animalia
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Animal
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Phylum
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Arthropoda
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Jointed Legged Animals
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Class
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Insecta
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Insects
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Order
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Neuroptera
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Nerve Winged Insects
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Family
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SubFamily
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References
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| Genus | Species |
| Cytheitis | rhodopteron |
| Cytheitis | schultzei |
| Graphium | arcesilaus |
| Graphium | earis |
| Graphium | hipparchus |
| Graphium | iphitas |
| Graphium | orthosilaus |
| Iphimedeia | niepelti |
| Iphimedeia | richardus |
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