Nemoptera

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Myrmeleontiformia
Superfamilia: Nemopteroidea
Familia: Nemopteridae
Genus: Nemoptera
Species: N. aegyptiaca – N. alba – N. bipennis – N. coa – N. orientalis – N. rachelii – N. sinuata

Nemoptera is a Palearctic genus of insects of the spoonwing family, Nemopteridae. All species are diurnal with an exclusively floral diet, preferring to fly in open spaces in full sunshine while visiting flowers. They can be recognized by their very long hind wing prolongations.[1]
Taxonomy

The genus contains four species, three of which are found in Europe while the fourth species is found in Afro-Eurasia.[2] The species are:

Nemoptera aegyptiaca Rambur, 1842
Nemoptera bipennis (Illiger, 1812), syn. Nemoptera lusitanica (Leach, 1815)[3]
Nemoptera coa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nemoptera sinuata Olivier, 1811

There are some non-European species that were formerly placed in this genus.[4]
References

Flower visiting Neuroptera: Mouthparts and feeding behaviour of Nemoptera sinuata (Nemopteridae)
Fauna Europæa
"Nemoptera lusitanica (Leach, 1815) synonym of Nemoptera bipennis". Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
Illustrated database of Neuroptera (insects) - Nemoptera karrooa