Superorder Amphiesmenoptera Kiriakoff 1948 (winged insect)
Synonym: Papilionidea Laicharting 1781
Parent taxon: Mecopterida according to R. S. Peters et al. 2014
See also Clapham 2020, Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence 2004, Minet et al. 2010, Misof et al. 2014 and Vršanský et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Antliophora, Curvilarva, Permotrichoptera
Subtaxa: Aphryganoneura Endymenoptera Eocoronidae Liadoptilia Necrotaulius handlirschi Necrotaulius regularis Necrotaulius vicinus Protomeroptera Stereochoristidae Trichopteridium
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