Conwentzia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Neuropterida
Ordo: Neuroptera
Subordo: Hemerobiiformia
Superfamilia: Coniopterygoidea
Familia: Coniopterygidae
Subfamilia: Coniopteryginae
Tribus: Conwentziini
Genus: Conwentzia

Conwentzia is a genus of net-winged insects belonging to the family Coniopterygidae or dustywings.[1][2] Conwentzia species are present in most of Europe.[3]

These tiny insects, also known as waxwing lacewings or dustywing lacewings. They have only vestigial hindwings. Body and forewings are covered with whitish dust of waxy scales which the insect produces itself. Forewings are carried nearly side-by-side when at rest, like many other Neuroptera.

To distinguish various species, an accurate study of the genitals by microscope is usually necessary.
Species

Conwentzia africana Meinander, 1975
Conwentzia barretti (Banks, 1899)
Conwentzia californica Meinander, 1972
Conwentzia capensis Tjeder, 1969
Conwentzia fraternalis C.-k.Yang, 1974
Conwentzia inverta Withycombe, 1925
Conwentzia nietoi Monserrat, 1982
Conwentzia obscura Sziráki & van Harten, 2006
Conwentzia orthotibia C.-k.Yang, 1974
Conwentzia pineticola Enderlein, 1905
Conwentzia psociformis (Curtis, 1834)
Conwentzia sabae Sziráki, 1997
Conwentzia sinica C.-k.Yang, 1974
Conwentzia yunguiana Z.-q.Liu & C.-k.Yang, 1993

References

Catalogue of life
Boldsystems

"Faquna europaea". Archived from the original on 2011-11-03. Retrieved 2016-12-22.

Oswald, J. D. (2007). Neuropterida Species of the World. Version 2.0.