"giant lacewing" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1995, Toronto Entomologists' Association, Ontario Insects, volumes 1-4, page 20",
          "text": "Judging by the material in Canadian insect collections, the giant lacewing, Polystoechotes punctatus, was a common insect in Ontario 50 years ago.",
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          "ref": "1996, Gary A. Dunn, Insects of the Great Lakes Region, page 154",
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          "ref": "2005, David Grimaldi, Evolution of the Insects, page 349",
          "text": "The giant lacewings, family Polystoechotidae, comprise three or four extant and highly disjunct species restricted to the New World: Polystoechotes in Chile and North America (Figure 9.14), Platystoechotes in California, and Fontecilla in Chile (Carpenter, 1940; Oswald, 1998a).",
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