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 Y. N. Lyu et al. 2020
See also Bechly and Wolf-Schwenninger 2011, Carpenter 1967, Carpenter 1992, Engel 2002, Lu et al. 2015, Makarkin and Khramov 2015, Perrichot and Engel 2007 and Ponomarenko 1988
Sister taxa: Mesoraphidiinae, Nanoraphidiini
Subtaxa: Alloraphidia Archeraphidia Pararaphidia Yixianoraphidia
Type: Alloraphidia
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador collection), China (2), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (2), the Russian Federation (6)
Total: 12 collections including 22 occurrences