''Nemoptera'' is a

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...

genus of insects of the spoonwing family, Nemopteridae. All species are diurnal with an exclusively floral diet, preferring to fly in open spaces in full sunshine while visiting flowers. They can be recognized by their very long hind wing prolongations.

Taxonomy

The genus contains seven species, three of which are found in Europe. * '' Nemoptera aegyptiaca'' Rambur, 1842 * '' Nemoptera alba'' Olivier, 1811 * '' Nemoptera bipennis'' (Illiger, 1812), syn. ''Nemoptera lusitanica'' (Leach, 1815) * '' Nemoptera coa'' ( Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Nemoptera orientalis'' Olivier in Bonnaterre et al., 1828 * '' Nemoptera rachelii'' U. Aspöck et al., 2006 * '' Nemoptera sinuata'' Olivier, 1811 The African species '' Nemia karrooa'' was formerly placed in this genus.Illustrated database of Neuroptera (insects) - ''Nemoptera karrooa''
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Taxonomicon - Genus ''Nemoptera''
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