Dissertation Research: Systematics and Biogeography of BrownLacewing Genera (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae)

研究生约翰·奥斯瓦尔德提出了一个系统的和生物地理学研究的一个不同的家庭草蛉神经翅目，麻蛉科。该项目将对大英博物馆和哈佛大学比较动物学博物馆的新藏品和博物馆藏品进行比较研究。这项研究将有助于更清楚地了解该科49属的分类，以及它们之间以及与神经翅目其他成员的进化关系。该项目具有重要的意义，超出了草蛉系统学的专业领域。这种植物可以作为一种天然的害虫防治剂。该项目的生物地理学部分将测试重建历史分布模式的最新方法。由此产生的进化分类和生物地理综合将引起其他昆虫学家和生物地理学家的兴趣。

Graduate student John Oswald proposes a systematic and biogeographic study of a diverse family of lacewing Neuroptera, the Hemerobiidae. The project will entail comparative study of new collections and museum holdings at the British Museum and Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology. The research will result in a clearer understanding of the classification of the 49 genera in the family, and their evolutionary relationships among themselves and with other members of the Order Neuroptera. The project has important implications beyond the specialized area of lacewing systematics. The group may have utility as a natural pest control agent. The biogeographic component of the project will test the most recent method for reconstructing historical patterns of distribution. The resulting evolutionary classification and biogeographic synthesis will be of interest to other entomologists and biogeographers in general.