Insecta - Neuroptera

Full reference: D. Badano and M. S. Engel. 2018. Taxonomic names, in Diverse Cretaceous larvae reveal the evolutionary and behavioural history of antlions and lacewings. Nature Communications 9(3257):1-14

Parent taxon: Myrmeleontoidea according to D. Badano and M. S. Engel 2018

Sister taxa: Babinskaiidae, Burmitus, Chrysoleonites, Cratosmylidae, Cretoleon, Diodontognathus, Electrocaptivus, Mesoptynx, Microsmylus, Myrmeleontidae, Myrmeleontoidae, Nemopteridae, Nymphidae, Nymphidoidae, Rafaelianidae

Subtaxa: Adelpholeon lithophorus

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Type: Adelpholeon lithophorus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (Zigras coll) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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