Parent taxon: Amphiesmenoptera according to X. Ge and J. C. Morse 2025
See also Ivanov 1988 and Sukatsheva et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Aphryganoneura, Liadoptilia, Metamphiesmenoptera, Microcarbonella, Necrotaulius handlirschi, Necrotaulius regularis, Necrotaulius vicinus, Permotrichoptera, Protomeroptera, Stereochoristidae, Trichopteridium
Subtaxa: Adoptysma Cladochoristidae Kalophryganeidae Karaungiridae Microptysmatidae Protomeropidae Terminoptysmatidae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (1)
• Triassic of Australia (1), Kyrgyzstan (2)
• Permian of Australia (3), Czechia (2), Germany (1), Kazakhstan (2), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (31), South Africa (2), United States (2: Kansas)
• Carboniferous of France (1)
Total: 50 collections including 93 occurrences