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CLASSIFICATION
OF NEUROPTERA
Families in Green color Neuroptera Details
Insecta: Holometabola NEUROPTERA
Suborder: Myrmeleontiformia
Permithonidae (extinct)
Prohemerobiidae (extinct)
Nevrorthidae
Grammosmylidae (fossil) Suborder:
Hemerobiiformia
Osmylitidae (fossil, probably paraphyletic)
Superfamily: Ithonioidea
Ithonidae: moth lacewings (includes Rapismatidae)
Polystoechotidae: giant lacewings (formerly in
Hemerobioidea)
Superfamily: Osmyloidea
Osmylidae: osmylids Chrysopidae: green lacewings, stinkflies (formerly in Hemerobioidea, tentatively
placed here)
Superfamily: Hemerobioidea
Hemerobiidae: brown lacewings
Superfamily: Coniopterygoidea
Coniopterygidae: dustywings
Sisyridae: spongillaflies (formerly in Osmyloidea) |
Superfamily: Mantispoidea
Dilaridae: pleasing lacewings (formerly in
Hemerobioidea)
Mantispidae: mantidflies
Mesithonidae (extinct)
Rhachiberothidae: thorny lacewings
Berothidae: beaded lacewings Suborder:
Myrmeleontiformia
Superfamily: Nemopteroidea
Kalligrammatidae (fossil)
Psychopsidae: silky lacewings (formerly in
Hemerobioidea) Nemopteridae: spoonwings, spoon-winged laceflies,
thread-winged laceflies (formerly in
Myrmeleontoidea) Superfamily: Myrmeleontoidea Osmylopsychopidae (extinct)
Nymphitidae (extinct)
Solenoptilidae (extinct)
Brogniartiellidae (fossil)
Nymphidae: split-footed lacewings (Incl.
Myiodactylidae)
Babinskaiidae (extinct)
Myrmeleontidae: antlions (Incl. Palaeoleontidae)
Ascalaphidae: owlflies, ascalaphids References Citations Sample Examinations |
Details of Insect Taxonomic Groups Examples of beneficial species occur in almost every
insect order, and considerable information on morphology and habits has been
assembled. Therefore, the principal
groups of insect parasitoids and predators provide details that refer to the
entire class Insecta. These details
are available at <taxnames.htm>. |