Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Sympherobius barberi
Brown Lacewing
Predator; arid and cultural zones, Miconia zone; January-June; at lights, malaise traps.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Neuroptera
Suborder
Hemerobiiformia
Superfamily
Hemerobioidea
Family
Hemerobiidae
Genus
Sympherobius
Species
barberi
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
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.
- 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.
- 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, Sympherobius barberi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6978. Accessed 8 June 2026.