First Record of Croce filipennis Westwood, 1841 (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae) from Kerala

Authors

  • T. B. Suryanarayanan
     Shadpada Entomology Research Lab (SERL), Department of Zoology, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Thrissur - 680125, Kerala
  • C. Bijoy
     Shadpada Entomology Research Lab (SERL), Department of Zoology, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Thrissur - 680125, Kerala

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v121/i2/2021/151758

Keywords:

Croce, Nemopteridae, Kerala

Abstract

The family Nemopteridae with the species Croce filipennis Westwood is recorded for the first time from Kerala. Description of the species with the images and the distribution in India is mapped.

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2021-06-29

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Suryanarayanan, T. B., & Bijoy, C. (2021). First Record of <i>Croce filipennis</i> Westwood, 1841 (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae) from Kerala. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 121(2), 257–260. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v121/i2/2021/151758

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Volume 121, Issue 2, 2021

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