Insecta Neuropteroidea of the collection of the Agricultural Entomology Institute, University of Padua

Results of the study of Neuroptera stored at the collection of the Agricultural Entomology Institute, University of Padua, are here reported. On the whole, 71 species have been identified, belonging to the following families: Sialidae (2), Raphidiidae (7), Inocellidae (1), Coniopterygidae (2), Osmylidae (1), Mantispidae (1), Hemerobiidae (19), Chrysopidae (20), Myrmeleonidae (12), Ascalaphidae (6). Of great interest are the findings of Sialis nigripes in Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia (second finding in Italy), Coniopteryx haematica in Trentino Alto-Adige, Megalomus tineoides in Apulia and Basilicata, Megalomus pyraloides in Tuscany, Hemerobius contumax in Veneto, Hemerobius fenestratus in Veneto (first finding in Italy), Nineta vittata in Friuli-Venezia Giulia (first certain finding in Italy), Nineta pallida in Calabria (first finding in southern Italy), Mallada? picteti in Campania, Mallada inornatus in Basilicata, Acanthaclisis occitanica in Veneto, Distoleon annulatus in Sicily (Vulcano Island) (first finding in Italy), Deleproctophylla australis in Lazio, Libelloides ottomanus in Umbria.