Synonym: Planipennia Latreille 1817
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Eidoneuroptera according to M. S. Engel et al. 2018
See also Bode 1953, Carpenter 1992, Drury 1770, Engel and Grimaldi 2008, Harris 1780, Heads et al. 2005, Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence 2004, Latreille 1796, Latreille 1802, Linnaeus 1758, Linnaeus 1761, Linnaeus 1767, Martynov 1937, Misof et al. 2014, Müller 1764, Müller 1776, Riek 1955, Scopoli 1763, Shi et al. 2011, Strøm 1768, Tillyard 1922, Tillyard 1923, Tillyard 1933 and Vilesov and Novokshonov 1994
Sister taxon: Megaloptera
Subtaxa: Actinophlebioides Archedilaropsis Archegetes Archeosmylus alysius Archeosmylus complesus Besobrasovia Callospilopteron Coniopterygoidea Cratosisyrops Dicranoptila Dilarites Dipteromantispidae Euneuroptera Gigantotermes Glottopteryx Grammomorpha Hemerobiiformia Hemerobini Hongosmylites Idiastogyia Ineptiae Kirgisella Libellulinae Loxophleps Melamnous Melaneimon Mesohemerobius Mesoleon Myrmeleonidae Neuropterites Nevrorthiformia Nymphes fossilis Panorpatae Papilionaceae Parakseneuridae Parasisyra Parasisyridae Perlariae Permorhipida Protohemerobius Protopsychopsis Pseudocorydasialis Pseudomyrmeleon Raphidioidea Sibithone Yanosmylus
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