Megalomus carpenteri explained

Megalomus carpenteri is a species of brown lacewing in the family Hemerobiidae. It is found in North America. The specific epithet carpenteri honors paleoentomologist Frank M. Carpenter for his taxonomic work on the Neuroptera.^{[1] [2]}

Further reading

• Species catalog of the Neuroptera, Megaloptera and Raphidioptera of America north of Mexico. 1997. Penny . Norman D.. Adans . Phillip A.. Stange . Lionel A.. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Fourth Series. 50. 39–114.

Notes and References

1. Norman D. Penny, Phillip A. Adams, and Lionel A. Stange. 1997. Species catalog of the Neuroptera, Megaloptera and Raphidioptera of America north of Mexico, in Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Vol. 50, No. 3, December 9, 1997, pp. 39-114, https://archive.org/details/cbarchive_101463_speciescatalogoftheneuropteram1997/page/n1, last accessed 8 Oct 2018.
2. F. M. Carpenter. 1940. A revision of the Nearctic Hemerobiidae, Berothidae, Sisyridae, Polystoechotidae and Dilaridae (Neuroptera). Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 74: 193-280, https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/20023398.pdf, last accessed 8 Oct 2018.