Insecta - Neuroptera - Mantispidae
Synonyms: Liassochrysidae Nel et al. 2005, Promantispidae Panfilov 1980
Parent taxon: Mantispoidea according to M. S. Engel et al. 2018
See also Carpenter 1992, Engel and Grimaldi 2008, Jepson 2015, Nel et al. 2005, Panfilov 1980 and Wedmann and Makarkin 2007
Sister taxa: Berothidae, Rhachiberothidae
Subtaxa: Anisopterinae Calomantispinae Doratomantispinae Drepanicinae Mantispinae Mesomantispinae Pectispina Platymantispinae Symphrasinae
Type: Mantispa
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections), Mexico (1)
• Oligocene of France (2)
• Eocene of Germany (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Colorado)
• Cretaceous of China (1), Kazakhstan (1), Myanmar (10), North Korea (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1)
• Jurassic of China (1), Germany (1), Kazakhstan (3)
Total: 29 collections including 50 occurrences