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The insect order Neuroptera, or net-winged insects, includes the lacewings, mantidflies, antlions, and their relatives. The order consists of some 6,000 species . [ 1 ] Neuroptera is grouped together with the Megaloptera ( alderflies , fishflies , and dobsonflies ) and Raphidioptera (snakeflies) in the unranked taxon Neuropterida (once known as ...
Historically, they were known as Neuroptera, but this name nowadays refers to lacewings and their relatives (e.g. antlions) only, which formerly were known as Planipennia. Part of the Holometabola and related to beetles, they can be considered an unranked taxon. Arguably, the Holometabola might be considered an unranked clade instead, and be ...
Articles relating to the Neuroptera (net-winged insects), an order which includes the lacewings, mantidflies, antlions, and their relatives. The order consists of some 6,000 species . Neuroptera can be grouped together with the Megaloptera and Raphidioptera in the unranked taxon Neuropterida (once known as Planipennia) including: alderflies ...
The phylogeny of the Neuroptera has been explored using mitochondrial DNA sequences, and while issues remain for the group as a whole (the "Hemerobiiformia" being paraphyletic), the Myrmeleontiformia is generally agreed to be monophyletic, giving the following cladogram: [31]
Ascalaphidae is a family of insects in the order Neuroptera, commonly called owlflies; there are some 450 extant species.They are fast-flying crepuscular or diurnal predators of other flying insects, and have large bulging eyes and strongly knobbed antennae.
Mantispidae (/ m æ n ˈ t ɪ s p ə d iː /), commonly known as mantidflies, mantispids, mantid lacewings, mantisflies or mantis-flies, is a family of small to moderate-sized insects in the order Neuroptera.
Sisyridae, commonly known as spongeflies or spongillaflies, are a family of winged insects in the order Neuroptera. There are approximately 60 living species described, and several extinct species identified from the fossil record.
Pages in category "Neuroptera families" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Berothidae; C.