''Wesmaelius'' is a genus of
net-winged insect
The insect order Neuroptera, or net-winged insects, includes the lacewings, mantidflies, antlions, and their relatives. The order consists of some 6,000 species. Neuroptera can be grouped together with the Megaloptera and Raphidioptera in the ...
s, belonging to the family
Hemerobiidae
Hemerobiidae is a family of Neuropteran insects commonly known as brown lacewings, comprising about 500 species in 28 genera. Most are yellow to dark brown, but some species are green. They are small; most have forewings 4–10 mm long (som ...
.
The genus was described in 1922 by Krüger.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
.
Species:
* ''
Wesmaelius brunneus''
(Banks, 1920)
* ''
Wesmaelius coloradensis''
(Banks, 1897)
* ''
Wesmaelius constrictus
''Wesmaelius'' is a genus of net-winged insects, belonging to the family Hemerobiidae.
The genus was described in 1922 by Krüger.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
* '' Wesmaelius brunneus'' (Banks, 1920)
* '' Wesmaelius colora ...
''
(Parfin, 1956)
* ''
Wesmaelius fumatus
''Wesmaelius'' is a genus of net-winged insects, belonging to the family Hemerobiidae.
The genus was described in 1922 by Krüger.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
* '' Wesmaelius brunneus'' (Banks, 1920)
* '' Wesmaelius colora ...
''
(Carpenter, 1940)
* ''
Wesmaelius furcatus
''Wesmaelius'' is a genus of net-winged insects, belonging to the family Hemerobiidae.
The genus was described in 1922 by Krüger.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
* '' Wesmaelius brunneus'' (Banks, 1920)
* '' Wesmaelius colora ...
''
(Banks, 1935)
* ''
Wesmaelius involutus
''Wesmaelius'' is a genus of net-winged insects, belonging to the family Hemerobiidae.
The genus was described in 1922 by Krüger.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
* '' Wesmaelius brunneus'' (Banks, 1920)
* '' Wesmaelius colora ...
''
(Carpenter, 1940)
* ''
Wesmaelius longifrons
''Wesmaelius'' is a genus of net-winged insects, belonging to the family Hemerobiidae.
The genus was described in 1922 by Krüger.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range ...
''
(Walker, 1853)
* ''
Wesmaelius longipennis
''Wesmaelius'' is a genus of net-winged insects, belonging to the family Hemerobiidae.
The genus was described in 1922 by Krüger.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
* '' Wesmaelius brunneus'' (Banks, 1920)
* '' Wesmaelius colora ...
''
(Banks, 1920)
* ''
Wesmaelius mathewesi
''Wesmaelius mathewesi'' is an extinct species of lacewing in the neuropteran family Hemerobiidae known from an Eocene fossil found in North America
History and classification
''W. mathewesi'' is known from the solitary holotype specimen, number ...
''
Makarkin, Archibald, & Oswald, 2003
* ''
Wesmaelius nervosus
''Wesmaelius'' is a genus of net-winged insects, belonging to the family Hemerobiidae.
The genus was described in 1922 by Krüger.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
* '' Wesmaelius brunneus'' (Banks, 1920)
* '' Wesmaelius colora ...
''
(Fabricius, 1793)
* ''
Wesmaelius posticatus
''Wesmaelius'' is a genus of net-winged insects, belonging to the family Hemerobiidae.
The genus was described in 1922 by Krüger.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
* '' Wesmaelius brunneus'' (Banks, 1920)
* '' Wesmaelius colora ...
''
(Banks, 1905)
* ''
Wesmaelius pretiosus
''Wesmaelius'' is a genus of net-winged insects, belonging to the family Hemerobiidae.
The genus was described in 1922 by Krüger.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
* '' Wesmaelius brunneus'' (Banks, 1920)
* '' Wesmaelius colora ...
''
(Banks, 1908)
* ''
Wesmaelius schwarzi
''Wesmaelius'' is a genus of net-winged insects, belonging to the family Hemerobiidae.
The genus was described in 1922 by Krüger.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
* '' Wesmaelius brunneus'' (Banks, 1920)
* '' Wesmaelius colora ...
''
(Banks, 1903)
* ''
Wesmaelius subnebulosus
''Wesmaelius'' is a genus of net-winged insects, belonging to the family Hemerobiidae.
The genus was described in 1922 by Krüger.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
* '' Wesmaelius brunneus'' (Banks, 1920)
* '' Wesmaelius colora ...
''
(Stephens, 1836)
* ''
Wesmaelius yukonensis
''Wesmaelius'' is a genus of net-winged insects, belonging to the family Hemerobiidae.
The genus was described in 1922 by Krüger.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
* '' Wesmaelius brunneus'' (Banks, 1920)
* '' Wesmaelius colora ...
''
Klimaszewski & Kevan, 1987
References
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Hemerobiiformia