polystoechotid

plural polystoechotids

1. biologyAny insect of the giant lacewing family, Polystoechotidae.

   Many have been collected around camp fires. Polystoechotids are also taken at lights in remote areas.

   2002, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, page 175

   2 more examples

   If L. lineata is considered a polystoechotid, then the position of the primary fork of MP does not necessarily indicate that the two specimens are forewings[…].

   1987, Ronald Hamlyn-Harris, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, volume 25, page 446

   Polystoechotids, or giant lacewings, are among the largest of North American neuropterans, and among the least known.

   1997, Walter Creighton Brown, Species of the Guentheri group of Platymantis (Amphibia: Ranidae) from the Philippines: Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, volume 50, page 87

   Synonyms: giant lacewing