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Fjärilsländor
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Fjärilsländor

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Also known as owlflies

Ascalaphidae is a family of insects in the order Neuroptera, commonly called owlflies; there are some 450 extant species. They are fast-flying crepuscular or diurnal predators of other flying insects, and have large bulging eyes and strongly knobbed antennae. The larvae are ambush predators; some of them make use of self-decoration camouflage.

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Vinony's link graph records 79 inbound references to Fjärilsländor, and connects out to pupa, Myrmeleontidae and Ithonidae.

It is catalogued under topics including Ascalaphidae, Extant Oligocene first appearances and Neuroptera.

Vinony links it to 28 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

蝶角蛉科,又称长角蛉科(学名:Ascalaphidae)是脈翅目下的一科昆虫,外形很像蜻蜓,眼睛很大且鼓出,触角长,末端膨大,呈球杆状。它们是苍蝇的远亲,跟蜻蜓和豆娘的关系更远。它们通常体长5厘米,捕食日行或黄昏出没的昆虫。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1
Family
Ascalaphidae
Collections
ASU
Recorded in
Guatemala

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Neuroptera
Named after
Ascalaphus
Image
Libelloides coccajus 210505.jpg
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Commons category
Ascalaphinae
taxon name
Ascalaphinae
taxon rank
family
topic's main category
Q9110496
taxon common name
Tn̂g-kak-lêng
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Article · Svenska

Fjärilsländor (Ascalaphidae) är en familj i insektsordningen nätvingar som innehåller omkring 400 kända arter.

Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA

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