Mantispoidea
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| Mantispoidea Temporal range:
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| File:Mantidfly.JPG | |
| 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
- Berothidae (Late Jurassic–Present)
- Mantispidae(Jurassic–Present)
- †Dipteromantispidae (Cretaceous) (possibly nested within Mantispidae[1])
- †Mesoberothidae (including †Mesithonidae) (Triassic)
- Rhachiberothidae (Early Cretaceous–Recent)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
External links
- File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Mantispoidea at Wikimedia Commons
- File:Wikispecies-logo.svg Data related to Mantispoidea at Wikispecies
