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the web of life in southern Africa

Neuroptera (lacewings, antlions, owlflies)

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Families native to southern Africa

Ascalaphidae (owlflies)

 

Berothidae

 

 

Chrysopidae (green lacewings)

 

Coniopterygidae (dusty lacewings)

 

 

Dilaridae

 

 

Hemerobiidae (brown lacewings)

 

 

Mantispidae (mantisflies)

 

Myrmeleontidae (antlions)

 

 

Nemopteridae (Spoon-, ribbon- and thread-winged lacewings)

 

 

Osmylidae

 

 

Psychopsidae (silky lacewings)

 

 

Rhachiberothidae

 

 

Sisyridae (spongeflies)