Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Megalomus darwini
Brown Lacewing
Predator; arid zone (but higher on occasion); January-June; at lights, malaise traps.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Neuroptera
Suborder
Hemerobiiformia
Superfamily
Hemerobioidea
Family
Hemerobiidae
Genus
Megalomus
Species
darwini
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Baert, L.L. Desender, K. & Peck, S.B. (1992) New Data on the Neuroptera of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 62: 143-147.
- Banks, N. (1924) Neuroptera from the Williams Galapagos Expedition. Zoologica 5(17): 177-180.
- Klimaszewski, J. Kevan, D.K.McE. & Peck, S.B. (1987) A review of the Neuroptera of the Galápagos Islands with a new record for Sympherobius barberi (Banks) (Hermerobiidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 65(12): 3032-3040.
- Linsley, E.G. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
- Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Megalomus darwini", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6607. Accessed 1 November 2026.