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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>.