Nusalala is a genus of brown lacewings. The scientific name was published in 1913 by Longinos Navás.[1] They belong to the subfamily Microminae, as well as the genera Micromus and Megalomina.[2]
Some species of this genus, such as Nusalala brachyptera , are "brachypter" meaning short wings,[3] and have lost the ability to fly; they can only jump. This phenomenon has evolved in a number of genera in the family Hemerobiidae[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Family: | Hemerobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Microminae |
| Genus: | Nusalala Navás, 1913 |
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| Nusalala erecta Navás, 1913
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| Distribution of Nusalala | |
This genus have an exclusive neotropical distribution (South America, Central America and the Caribbean).[5] As well, the distribution is limited in the South Cone and steppes, where its humidity and temperature conditions may not be enough, and in rain forests, despite their tropical nature.[5]
Species
edit- Nusalala andina Penny & Sturm, 1984
- Nusalala brachyptera Oswald, 1997
- Nusalala camposina Navás, 1929
- Nusalala championi Kimmins, 1936
- Nusalala colombiensis Banks, 1910
- Nusalala cubana Hagen, 1886
- Nusalala dispar Banks, 1910
- Nusalala erecta Navás, 1913
- Nusalala ghioi Monserrat, 2000
- Nusalala ilusionata Monserrat, 2004
- Nusalala irrebita Navás, 1929
- Nusalala marginata Navás, 1926
- Nusalala marini Monserrat, 2000
- Nusalala navasi Kimmins, 1936
- Nusalala neotropica Esben-Petersen, 1914
- Nusalala payasi Monserrat, 2000
- Nusalala tessellata Gerstaecker, 1888
- Nusalala uncata Kimmins, 1936
- Nusalala unguicaudata Monserrat, 2000
References
edit- ^ L. Navás. "Névroptères" in Mission du Service Géographique de l'Armée pour la mesure d'un Arc de Méridien équatorial en Amérique du Sud 1899-1906, Tome 10: Entomologie - Botanique, Paris, 1913, p. 74
- ^ Garzón-Orduña, Ivonne J.; Menchaca-Armenta, Imelda; Contreras-Ramos, Atilano; Liu, Xingyue; Winterton, Shaun L. (2016-09-20). "The phylogeny of brown lacewings (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) reveals multiple reductions in wing venation". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16: 192. doi:10.1186/s12862-016-0746-5. PMC 5029026. PMID 27645380.
- ^ Lancaster, Jill; Downes, Barbara J. (2013). Aquatic entomology (1st ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-0199573219.
- ^ OSWALD, JOHN D. (October 1996). "A new brachypterous Nusalala species from Costa Rica, with comments on the evolution of flightlessness in brown lacewings (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae)". Systematic Entomology. 21 (4): 343–352. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1996.tb00603.x.
- ^ a b Monserrat, Victor (2000). "Revisión del género Nusalala (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae)". Fragmenta Entomologica. 32 (1): 83–162.
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