Full reference: H. C. Burmeister. 1839. Handbuch der Entomologie. Zweiter Band. Besondere Entomologie. Zweite Abtheilung. Kaukerfe. Gymnognatha (Zweite Hälfte; vulgo Neuroptera) 757-1050
Parent taxon: Neuroptera according to M. S. Engel et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Actinophlebioides, Archedilaropsis, Archegetes, Archeosmylus alysius, Archeosmylus complesus, Besobrasovia, Callospilopteron, Cratosisyrops, Dicranoptila, Dipteromantispidae, Euneuroptera, Gigantotermes, Glottopteryx, Grammomorpha, Hemerobiiformia, Hemerobini, Hongosmylites, Idiastogyia, Ineptiae, Kirgisella, Libellulinae, Loxophleps, Melamnous, Melaneimon, Mesohemerobius, Mesoleon, Myrmeleonidae, Neuropterites, Nevrorthiformia, Nymphes fossilis, Panorpatae, Papilionaceae, Parakseneuridae, Parasisyra, Parasisyridae, Perlariae, Permorhipida, Protohemerobius, Protopsychopsis, Pseudocorydasialis, Pseudomyrmeleon, Raphidioidea, Sibithone, Yanosmylus, Dilarites
Subtaxa: Coniopterygidae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Benin (1 collection), Madagascar (1)
• Miocene of China (1), the Dominican Republic (2)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of France (1), India (1), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (7), Ukraine (1)
• Cretaceous of France (2), Jordan (1), Lebanon (2), Myanmar (10), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (1), United States (2: New Jersey)
• Jurassic of Kazakhstan (1)
Total: 40 collections including 64 occurrences