Family Nemopteridae Burmeister 1839 (thread-winged antlion)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Nemopteridae

Alternative spelling: Nematopteridae

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: Myrmeleontoidea according to M. S. Engel et al. 2018

See also Carpenter 1992, Engel and Grimaldi 2008, Makarkin et al. 2018, Makarkin et al. 2013, Martins-Neto 2002 and Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1989

Sister taxa: Adelpholeon, Babinskaiidae, Burmitus, Chrysoleonites, Cratosmylidae, Cretoleon, Diodontognathus, Electrocaptivus, Mesoptynx, Microsmylus, Myrmeleontidae, Myrmeleontoidae, Nymphidae, Nymphidoidae, Rafaelianidae

Subtaxa: Cratocroce Cratonemopteriginae Crocinae Krikaiinae Nemopterinae Roeslerianinae

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Distribution:

• Oligocene of France (2 collections), United States (1: Montana)

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Colorado)

• Cretaceous of Brazil (6), Myanmar (1)

Total: 13 collections including 16 occurrences

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