PREFACE: Proceedings of the XIV International Symposium of Neuropterology

Abstract

During the event, a support committee was formed by the graduate students Leon G. M. Tavares and Phillip A. Schuster, from Universidade Federal do Paraná. ConferenceOriginally the XIV ISN would take place in person at the Universidade Federal de Lavras. However, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and aiming to preserve the health of participants, the event took place online on a platform built by the contracted company HBA Tecnologia, which helped in the reception and orientation of the participants, and the technical aspects of the meeting. Scientific programThe final program included 10 keynote lectures (including opening lecture), all of them performed by invitation, 21 oral presentations, and 17 poster presentations. These presentations included any aspects of biology, systematics, taxonomy, natural history, evolution, and applied studies on Neuropterida (Neuroptera, Megaloptera, and Raphidioptera). The abstract book was shared with all the participants and can be accessed and downloaded free of charge via the first author's researchgate profile (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/363823214_Abstract_ Book_of_VIV_ISN).All keynote lectures, oral and poster presentations are listed below in order of presentation, followed by the authors (between parentheses); the author who did the presentation is in italic.