Mantispoidea

Superfamily of insects

Mantispoidea
Temporal range: Late Triassic–Present
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Mantidfly
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Clade: Euneuroptera
Superfamily: Mantispoidea
(Leach 1815)
Families

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

References

  1. ^ 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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  • Data related to Mantispoidea at Wikispecies
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Extant Neuroptera families
Basal
Ithonioidea
  • Ithonidae (moth lacewings)
Chrysopoidea
  • Chrysopidae (green lacewings)
Hemerobioidea
  • Hemerobiidae (brown lacewings)
Coniopterygoidea
  • Coniopterygidae (dustywings)
  • Sisyridae (spongeflies or spongillaflies)
Mantispoidea
  • Dilaridae (pleasing lacewings)
  • Mantispidae (mantidflies)
  • Rhachiberothidae (thorny lacewings)
  • Berothidae (beaded lacewings)
Nemopteroidea
  • Psychopsidae (silky lacewings)
  • Nemopteridae (spoonwings)
Myrmeleontoidea
  • Nymphidae (split-footed lacewings)
  • Myrmeleontidae (antlions)
  • Ascalaphidae (owlflies)


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