Oligoneoptera problem

[Cesar Ariza]

"Louise" <lvoynaud at istar.ca> escribe:
> Hi!
>
> I'm a student in biology and I have a problem with the position of mouth
> parts on Neuroptera's head: are they in front of the head or at the bottom
> like Orthoptera?  I don't have any specimens to observe nor books with the
> information I'm searching for.  I know that this order is not the same as
> Lepidoptera, but as it's in the same "super-order" (I think!),
> Oligoneoptera - which is part of the Polyneoptera - I thought that someone
> could give me an answer.
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Louise
> < lvoynaud at istar.ca >

Hello Louis,
The mouth parts on Neuroptera's head are in front of the head (prognata).

Greetins,

Sandra Luna (From Colombia)