Definition of Sisyridae. Meaning of Sisyridae. Synonyms of Sisyridae

- Sisyridae, commonly known as spongeflies or spongillaflies, are a family of winged insects in the order Neuroptera. There are approximately 60 living...
- in the soil. Larvae of some Ithonidae are root feeders, and larvae of Sisyridae are aquatic, and feed on freshwater sponges. A few mantispids are parasites...
- advanced larvae superficially resembling those of the spongillaflies (Sisyridae) with which the spongillaflies were thus formerly allied. Thus the superfamily...
- predators are rare. Spongeflies, also known as spongillaflies (Neuroptera, Sisyridae), are specialist predators of freshwater sponges. The female lays her...
- Hemerobiidae (brown lacewings) Coniopterygoidea Coniopterygidae (dustywings) Sisyridae (spongeflies or spongillaflies) Mantispoidea Dilaridae (pleasing lacewings)...
- grooves along which digestive saliva flows, while the larvae of the family Sisyridae have the mouthparts developed into a sucking tube which they use to feed...
- predators. Their larvae are superficially similar to those of spongillaflies (Sisyridae). They have peculiar mouthparts which look like a thin forceps with the...
- Paradoxosisyra is an extinct genus of lacewing in the spongefly family, Sisyridae. The genus contains a single species, Paradoxosisyra groehni and is placed...
- eaters that consume small floating organic particles. They are consumed by Sisyridae, a group of winged insects also known as sponge flies or spongillaflies...
- Hemerobiidae (brown lacewings) Coniopterygoidea Coniopterygidae (dustywings) Sisyridae (spongeflies or spongillaflies) Mantispoidea Dilaridae (pleasing lacewings)...