Nusalala Explained

Nusalala is a genus of brown lacewings. The scientific name was published in 1913 by Longinos Navás.^[1] They belong to the subfamily Microminae, as well as the genera Micromus and Megalomina.^[2]
Some species of this genus, such as Nusalala brachyptera, are "brachypter" meaning short wings,^[3] and have lost the ability to fly; they can only jump. This phenomenon has evolved in a number of genera in the family Hemerobiidae^[4]

This genus have an exclusive neotropical distribution (South America, Central America and the Caribbean).^[5] As well, the distribution is limited in the South Cone and steppes, where its humidity and temperature conditions may not be enough, and in rain forests, despite their tropical nature.

Species

• Nusalala andina Penny & Sturm, 1984
• Nusalala brachyptera Oswald, 1997
• Nusalala camposina Navás, 1929
• Nusalala championi Kimmins, 1936
• Nusalala colombiensis Banks, 1910
• Nusalala cubana Hagen, 1886
• Nusalala dispar Banks, 1910
• Nusalala erecta Navás, 1913
• Nusalala ghioi Monserrat, 2000
• Nusalala ilusionata Monserrat, 2004
• Nusalala irrebita Navás, 1929
• Nusalala marginata Navás, 1926
• Nusalala marini Monserrat, 2000
• Nusalala navasi Kimmins, 1936
• Nusalala neotropica Esben-Petersen, 1914
• Nusalala payasi Monserrat, 2000
• Nusalala tessellata Gerstaecker, 1888
• Nusalala uncata Kimmins, 1936
• Nusalala unguicaudata Monserrat, 2000

Notes and References

1. https://archive.org/stream/missionduservice10fran#page/74/mode/2up "Névroptères" in Mission du Service Géographique de l'Armée pour la mesure d'un Arc de Méridien équatorial en Amérique du Sud 1899-1906, Tome 10: Entomologie - Botanique, Paris, 1913, p. 74
2. Garzón-Orduña. Ivonne J.. Menchaca-Armenta. Imelda. Contreras-Ramos. Atilano. Liu. Xingyue. Winterton. Shaun L.. 2016-09-20. The phylogeny of brown lacewings (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) reveals multiple reductions in wing venation . BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16. 192. 10.1186/s12862-016-0746-5 . 5029026. 27645380 . free .
3. Book: Lancaster. Jill. Downes. Barbara J.. Aquatic entomology. 2013. Oxford University Press. Oxford. 978-0199573219. 162. 1st.
4. OSWALD. JOHN D.. A new brachypterous Nusalala species from Costa Rica, with comments on the evolution of flightlessness in brown lacewings (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae). Systematic Entomology. October 1996. 21. 4. 343–352. 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1996.tb00603.x.
5. Monserrat. Victor. Revisión del género Nusalala (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae). Fragmenta Entomologica. 2000. 32 . 1. 83–162.