Mantispoidea
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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Clade: | Euneuroptera |
| Superfamily: | Mantispoidea |
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Taxonomy
- Berothidae (Late Jurassic-Present)
- Mantispidae (including †Dipteromantispidae) (Jurassic-Present)
- †Mesoberothidae (including †Mesithonidae) (Triassic)
- Rhachiberothidae (Early Cretaceous-Recent)
References
- 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
Media related to Mantispoidea at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Mantispoidea at Wikispecies
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