polystoechotid

English
Polystoechotes punctatus

Noun

polystoechotid (plural polystoechotids)

  1. (zoology) Any insect of the giant lacewing family, Polystoechotidae.
    • 1987, Ronald Hamlyn-Harris, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, volume 25, page 446:
      If L. lineata is considered a polystoechotid, then the position of the primary fork of MP does not necessarily indicate that the two specimens are forewings […] .
    • 1997, Walter Creighton Brown, Species of the Guentheri group of Platymantis (Amphibia: Ranidae) from the Philippines: Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, volume 50, page 87:
      Polystoechotids, or giant lacewings, are among the largest of North American neuropterans, and among the least known.
    • 2002, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, page 175:
      Many have been collected around camp fires. Polystoechotids are also taken at lights in remote areas.

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