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Order Neuroptera - Nerve Winged Insects
Flies - Dobson Flies

Corydalidae
Ant Lions

Myrmeleontidae
Lacewings - Giant

Polystoechotidae
Snake-flies

Raphidiidae

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.

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Kingdom Animalia Animal
Phylum Arthropoda Jointed Legged Animals
Class Insecta Insects
Order Neuroptera Nerve Winged Insects
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GenusSpecies
Cytheitisrhodopteron
Cytheitisschultzei
Graphiumarcesilaus
Graphiumearis
Graphiumhipparchus
Graphiumiphitas
Graphiumorthosilaus
Iphimedeianiepelti
Iphimedeiarichardus