British Insects: the Insect Orders

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L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz

Unsatisfactorily resolved Curtis images

Unsatisfactorily resolved Curtis images.

Inclusion in this list means that the nomenclatural combination quoted from him cannot be resolved via the Kloet and Hincks Check Lists (1945 and subsequent updates) and the other works to hand (see References). Numbers refer to the first edition of Curtis's British Entomology.

560, Forficula borealis Leach mss. (Northern Earwig. Dermaptera, probably = F. auricularia). 202, Hemerobius fimbriatus Curtis (Bordered Brown Lacewing: Neuroptera-Hemerobiidae, cf. Megalomus hirtus Linn.). 37, Raphidia ophiopsis Linn. (Spotted Snake-fly: Neuroptera-Rhaphidiidae; cf. Phaeostigma notata Fabr.).

Illustrations. • Forficula borealis Leach MSS. (Dermaptera, probably = F. auricularia. Northern Earwig: B. Ent 560). • Forficula borealis = F. auricularia? (legend+text: B. Ent 560). • Forficula borealis = F. auricularia? (text: B. Ent 560, cont.). • Hemerobius fimbriatus Curtis (Neuroptera-Hemerobiidae, cf. Megalomus hirtus Linn. Bordered Brown Lacewing: B. Ent. 202). • Hemerobius fimbriatus (B. Ent. 202, legend+text). • Hemerobius fimbriatus (B. Ent. 202, text cont.). • Raphidia ophiopsis Linn., cf. Phaeostigma notata Fabr. (Neuroptera-Rhaphidiidae. Spotted Snake-fly, Long-neck: B. Ent. 037). • Raphidia ophiopsis (legend+text: B. Ent. 037). • Raphidia ophiopsis (text, cont.: B. Ent. 037).


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Cite this publication as: ‘Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 2003 onwards. British insects: the insect orders. Version: 9th June 2008. http://delta-intkey.com’.

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