''Chaemoptera'' is a genus in the
Nemopteridae (the spoonwing family of insects). The genus, which consists of three species, is wholly confined to
Western Australia.
The genus was first described by
William Forsell Kirby in 1900,
Chasmoptera huttii
''Chasmoptera huttii'' (common name – spoon winged lacewing) is an insect in the spoonwing family ( Nemopteridae). found in Western Australia.
It was first described in 1848 by John Obadiah Westwood as ''Nemoptera huttii''. The original spe ...
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A key feature of ''Chasmoptera'' is the "elaborate extended hindwings, with apical dilations arranged in a “ribbon” or “spoon” shape".]
Description
Kirby describes the genus as follows (but only lists the one species, ''Chasmoptera huttii
''Chasmoptera huttii'' (common name – spoon winged lacewing) is an insect in the spoonwing family ( Nemopteridae). found in Western Australia.
It was first described in 1848 by John Obadiah Westwood as ''Nemoptera huttii''. The original spe ...
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Later work uses both wing and genital morphology to distinguish both species and genera.[
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Species
*''Chasmoptera huttii
''Chasmoptera huttii'' (common name – spoon winged lacewing) is an insect in the spoonwing family ( Nemopteridae). found in Western Australia.
It was first described in 1848 by John Obadiah Westwood as ''Nemoptera huttii''. The original spe ...
'' (Westwood, 1848)
*''Chasmoptera mathewsi
''Chasmoptera mathewsi'' is an insect in the spoonwing family ( Nemopteridae). found in Western Australia.
It was first described in 1967 by Lucien Everard Koch and known only the holotype, a male specimen from Peron Peninsula, Shark Bay, WA. ...
'' Koch, 1967
*''Chasmoptera superba
''Chasmoptera superba'' is an insect in the spoonwing family ( Nemopteridae). endemic to Western Australia.
It was first described in 1925 by Robert John Tillyard.
The adults are diurnal flying insects. The larvae are predatory.
References ...
'' Tillyard, 1925
Further reading
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References
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Neuroptera
Taxa described in 1900