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Corydalidae
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![]() Dobsonflies large body ocelli present |
Sialidae
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![]() Alderflies ocelli absent medium bodies (<25mm) |
Mantispidae
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![]() Mantidflies |
Chrysopidae
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![]() Green lacewings |
Hemerobiidae
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![]() Brown lacewings |
Myrmenleontidae
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![]() Antlions look like drab odonate |
Carabidae
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![]() - ground beetles and tiger beetles - body shape variable, often black but sometimes brightly colored - antennae threadlike - legs usually long and slender - mandibles usually prominent, obvious from above |
Dytiscidae
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![]() Predaceous diving beetles body shape streamlined, oval, convex antennae threadlike hind legs flattened and threadlike to form oars |
Gyrinidae
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![]() Whirligig beetles 2 pairs of compound eyes body elongate, oval |
Gelastocoridae
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![]() Toad bugs |
Corixidae
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![]() Waterboatmen front tarsi 1 segmented and scoop-like dorsal surface covered in fine transverse lines hind legs oar like |
Notonectidae
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![]() Backswimmers front tarsi not scoop-shaped hind legs oar like, hind tarsi w/o claws |
Nepidae
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![]() Water scoprpions front legs raptorial 2 long filaments from abdomen |
Belostomatidae
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![]() Giant water bugs |
Gerridae
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![]() Water striders |