Insecta - Neuroptera - Myrmeleontoidae
Alternative spelling: Palaeoleontinae
Full reference: R. G. Martins-Neto. 1992. Neurópteros (Insecta, Planipennia) da Formação Santana (Cretáceo Inferior), Bacia do Araripe, nordeste do Brasil. VII - Palaeoleontinae, nova subfamília de Myrmeleontidae e descrição de novos táxons. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 36:803-815
Parent taxon: Myrmeleontoidae according to V. N. Makarkin et al. 2018
See also Dobruskina et al. 1997, Engel and Grimaldi 2008, Heads et al. 2005, Makarkin et al. 2013, Martins-Neto 1992, Martins-Neto 1997, Martins-Neto 1998, Martins-Neto 2002 and Menon and Makarkin 2008
Sister taxon: Araripeneuridae
Subtaxa: Araripeleon Baisopardus Metahemerobius Neurastenyx Palaeoleon Paraneurastenyx Parapalaeoleon Samsonileon
Type: Palaeoleon
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (9 collections), Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), Israel (1), the Russian Federation (3)
Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences