Insecta - Neuroptera - Cratosmylidae
Alternative spelling: Cratosmylinae
Full reference: J. Myskowiak, F. Escuillié, and A. Nel. 2015. A new Osmylidae (Insecta, Neuroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation in Brazil. Cretaceous Research 54:27-33
Parent taxon: Myrmeleontoidea according to X. M. Lu et al. 2022
See also Archibald and Makarkin 2020, Makarkin et al. 2017, Myskowiak et al. 2015, Winterton et al. 2019 and Winterton et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Adelpholeon, Babinskaiidae, Burmitus, Chrysoleonites, Cretoleon, Diodontognathus, Electrocaptivus, Mesoptynx, Microsmylus, Myrmeleontidae, Myrmeleontoidae, Nemopteridae, Nymphidae, Nymphidoidae, Rafaelianidae
Subtaxa: Araripenymphes Cratosmylus
Type: Cratosmylus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (3 collections), Myanmar (1), South Korea (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence