{{Short description|Genus of lacewings}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Micromus tasmaniae AMNZ75467.jpg | image_caption = ''Micromus tasmaniae'' | taxon = Micromus | authority = Rambur, 1842 | synonyms = {{Taxon list | ''Ameromicromus'' | Nakahara, 1960 | ''Menutus'' | Navás, 1932 | ''Pseudopsectra'' | Perkins in Sharp, 1899 }} }}

'''''Micromus''''' is a genus of lacewings in the family Hemerobiidae (the brown lacewings). These small (4–10&nbsp;mm long) insects are found worldwide.<ref>The Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy doi:10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/2097002 on 2016-09-12</ref> Like most lacewings, both the larvae and adults are predatory, primarily eating acarines, scale insects, psyllids, aphids, thrips, and the eggs of lepidopterans and whiteflies. The species ''Micromus tasmaniae'' has been mass-bred for biological pest control in Australia.<ref name="New2002">{{Cite journal |last1=New |first1=TR |year=2002 |title=Prospects for extending the use of Australian lacewings in biological control |journal=Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae |volume=48 (Supplement 2) |pages=209–216 |url=http://actazool.nhmus.hu/48Suppl2/newlacev.pdf}}</ref>

==Species== There are more than 80 species in the genus, and possibly as many as 170.<ref name="insectoid2016">{{cite web|title=Micromus (Brown Lacewings) - Taxonomy|url=http://insectoid.info/insecta/neuroptera/hemerobiidae/micromus_genus/|access-date=28 February 2018}}</ref><ref name=catlife> {{Cite web| title=Browse ''Micromus'' | url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/d24855ae1b997e13f6c315b10564dd1b | website=Catalogue of Life | access-date=2018-02-28 }} </ref>

<gallery> Micromus africanus 009733-1.jpg|''Micromus africanus'' (MHNT) Micromus angulatus on Daucus carota.jpg|''Micromus angulatus'' Micromus bifasciatus AMNZ75301.jpg|''Micromus bifasciatus'' Micromus posticus.jpg|''Micromus posticus'' Micromus variegatus01.jpg|''Micromus variegatus'' Brown Lacewing Larva (30941270143).jpg|Campodeiform larva of ''Micromus posticus'' </gallery>

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Category:Hemerobiiformia Category:Neuroptera genera

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