''Lomamyia'' is a genus of beaded lacewings in the family
Berothidae
The Berothidae are a family of winged insects of the order Neuroptera. They are known commonly as the beaded lacewings. The family was first named by Anton Handlirsch in 1906. The family consists of 24 genera and 110 living species distributed ...
. There are about 11 described species in ''Lomamyia''.
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Biology
Larvae of ''Lomamyia'' are predatory upon termites, and they have been shown to incapacitate their prey using a chemical sprayed from their anus.
[Johnson, J., Hagen, K. A neuropterous larva uses an allomone to attack termites. Nature 289, 506–507 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1038/289506a0]
Species
These 11 species belong to the genus ''Lomamyia'':
* ''
Lomamyia banksi''
Carpenter, 1940
* ''
Lomamyia flavicornis''
(Walker, 1853)
* ''
Lomamyia fulva''
Carpenter, 1940
* ''
Lomamyia hamata''
(Walker, 1853)
* ''
Lomamyia latipennis
''Lomamyia latipennis'' is a species of insect in the family Berothidae. The larvae feed on termites which they subdue with an aggressive allomone. The first instar
An instar (, from the Latin '' īnstar'', "form", "likeness") is a developmenta ...
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Carpenter, 1940
* ''
Lomamyia longicollis''
(Walker, 1853)
* ''
Lomamyia occidentalis''
(Banks in Baker, 1905)
* ''
Lomamyia squamosa''
Carpenter, 1940
* ''
Lomamyia tenuis''
Carpenter, 1940
* ''
Lomamyia texana''
(Banks, 1897)
* ''
Lomamyia trombetensis''
Penny, 1985
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Hemerobiiformia
Neuroptera genera
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