Insecta - Neuroptera - Nymphidae
Synonym: Nymphitidae Handlirsch 1906
Parent taxon: Myrmeleontoidea according to M. S. Engel et al. 2018
See also Archibald et al. 2009, Carpenter 1992, Engel and Grimaldi 2008, Handlirsch 1906, Makarkin et al. 2017, Makarkin et al. 2013, Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1989, Martynova 1949, Nel and Henrotay 1994, Ponomarenko 1992, Shi et al. 2013 and Shi et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Adelpholeon, Babinskaiidae, Burmitus, Chrysoleonites, Cratosmylidae, Cretoleon, Diodontognathus, Electrocaptivus, Mesoptynx, Microsmylus, Myrmeleontidae, Myrmeleontoidae, Nemopteridae, Nymphidoidae, Rafaelianidae
Subtaxa: Alloneurinae Baissoleon Cretonymphes Dactylomyius Daonymphes Elenchonymphes Liminympha Mesonymphes Minonymphites Myiodactylinae Nymphavus Nymphinae Nymphites Olindanymphes Santananymphes Sialium Spilonymphes
Type: Nymphes
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Washington)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (4), China (2), Myanmar (4), the Russian Federation (5), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of China (2), Germany (5), Kazakhstan (1)
• Triassic of China (1)
Total: 29 collections including 37 occurrences