Insecta - Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae
Alternative spelling: Alloraphidiidae
Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1967. Cretaceous insects from Labrador 2. A new family of snake-flies (Neuroptera: Alloraphidiidae). Psyche 74:270-276
Parent taxon: Mesoraphidiidae according to X. Lu et al. 2024
See also Bechly and Wolf-Schwenninger 2011, Carpenter 1967, Carpenter 1992, Engel 2002, Lu et al. 2015, Lyu et al. 2020, Makarkin and Khramov 2015, Perrichot and Engel 2007 and Ponomarenko 1988
Sister taxa: Mesoraphidiinae, Nanoraphidiini
Subtaxa: Alloraphidia Archeraphidia Dracoraphidia Pararaphidia Teratocephala Yixianoraphidia
Type: Alloraphidia
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador collection), China (2), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (2), Myanmar (2), the Russian Federation (6)
Total: 14 collections including 25 occurrences