Mantispoidea

Mantispoidea; Temporal range: Late Triassic–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Mantidfly
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Neuroptera
Clade:	Euneuroptera
Superfamily:	Mantispoidea; (Leach 1815)
Families
	Berothidae; †Dipteromantispidae; Mantispidae; †Mesoberothidae; Rhachiberothidae;

Mantispoidea is a superfamily of euneuropteran insects in the order Neuroptera. The group was formerly placed in the paraphyletic suborder Hemerobiiformia, but is now considered sister to the superfamilies Dilaroidea and Osmyloidea. Mantispoidea contains three living families and one extinct family described from the fossil record.^[1]

Taxonomy

Berothidae (Late Jurassic–Present)
Mantispidae(Jurassic–Present)
†Dipteromantispidae (Cretaceous) (possibly nested within Mantispidae^[1])
†Mesoberothidae (including †Mesithonidae) (Triassic)
Rhachiberothidae (Early Cretaceous–Recent)

References

^ ^a ^b Engel, M. S.; Winterton, S. L.; Breitkreuz, L. C. (2018). "Phylogeny and evolution of Neuropterida: where have wings of lace taken us?". Annual Review of Entomology. 63: 531–551. doi:10.1146/annurev-ento-020117-043127.

External links

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[Wings-1] Engel, M. S.; Winterton, S. L.; Breitkreuz, L. C. (2018). "Phylogeny and evolution of Neuropterida: where have wings of lace taken us?". Annual Review of Entomology. 63: 531–551. doi:10.1146/annurev-ento-020117-043127.

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