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Rapisma
Rapisma is a genus of moth lacewings, Ithonidae. They were previously placed in family of their own, Rapismatidae. They are mostly brown or green and the body is broad and the head is short and retracted under the pronotum. Some species show sexual dimorphism in wing shape. Species identification is based on genitalia characters and requires the dissection of specimens. The genus has species that are distributed along the Himalayas from Nepal to Thailand, Malaysia and...
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Rapisma xizangense
speciesRapisma xizangense
Rapisma weixiense
speciesRapisma weixiense
Rapisma gaoligongense
speciesRapisma gaoligongense
Rapisma taiwanense
speciesRapisma taiwanense
Rapisma tamilanum
speciesRapisma tamilanum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1120902.