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Neoneuroptera
Taxonomy
Neoneuroptera was named by Engel et al. (2018). It is extant.
It was assigned to Euneuroptera by Engel et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Euneuroptera by Engel et al. (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2018 | Neoneuroptera Engel et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Unr. Neoneuroptera Engel et al. 2018
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Unr. Geoneuroptera Engel et al. 2018
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Superfm. Ithonoidea Newman 1853
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Fm. Ithonidae Newman 1853 [moth lacewing]
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G. †Cratovoluptia Martins-Neto and Rodrigues 2009
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†Cratovoluptia criptoneura Martins-Neto and Rodrigues 2009
Subfm. †Epigambriinae Handlirsch 1939
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G. †Epigambria Handlirsch 1939
G. †Polyosmylus Ansorge 1996
G. †Rasnitsyneura Makarkin et al. 2021
G. †Lasiosmylus Ren and Guo 1996
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†Lasiosmylus longus Zheng et al. 2016
†Lasiosmylus newi Ren and Guo 1996
G. †Lichenipolystoechotes Fang et al. 2020
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†Lichenipolystoechotes angustimaculatus Fang et al. 2020
†Lichenipolystoechotes fenestratus Xu et al. 2021
†Lichenipolystoechotes ramimaculatus Fang et al. 2020
G. †Palaeopsychops Andersen 2001
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†Palaeopsychops abruptus Andersen 2001
†Palaeopsychops angustifasciatus Andersen 2001
†Palaeopsychops barthae Archibald and Makarkin 2025
†Palaeopsychops dodgeorum Makarkin and Archibald 2003
†Palaeopsychops douglasae Archibald and Makarkin 2006
†Palaeopsychops goodwini Archibald and Makarkin 2025
†Palaeopsychops latifasciatus Andersen 2001
†Palaeopsychops maculatus Andersen 2001
†Palaeopsychops marringerae Archibald and Makarkin 2006
†Palaeopsychops quadratus Archibald and Makarkin 2006
†Palaeopsychops setosus Archibald and Makarkin 2006
†Palaeopsychops timmi Archibald and Makarkin 2006
G. †Paleopterocalla Oswald 2007
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†Paleopterocalla superba Panfilov 1980
Invalid names: Pterocalla Panfilov 1980 [replaced]
G. Polystoechotes Burmeister 1839
G. †Principiala Makarkin and Menon 2007
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†Principiala incerta Makarkin and Menon 2007
†Principiala rudgwickensis Jepson et al. 2009
†Principiala sinuijuensis Won et al. 2023
Invalid names: Polystoechotidae Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]
Subor. Myrmeleontiformia Henry 1982
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G. †Ankyloleon Badano et al. 2021
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†Ankyloleon caroluspetrus Haug and Haug 2023
†Ankyloleon caudatus Badano et al. 2021
Superfm. Myrmeleontoidea Latreille 1802
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Fm. †Babinskaiidae Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1989
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G. †Babinskaia Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1989
G. †Baisonelia Ponomarenko 1992
G. †Burmobabinskaia Lu et al. 2016
G. †Calobabinskaia Lu et al. 2021
G. †Electrobabinskaia Lu et al. 2016
G. †Gigantobabinskaia Makarkin and Staniczek 2019
G. †Parababinskaia Makarkin et al. 2017
G. †Paradoxoleon Lu et al. 2022
G. †Paraneliana Jouault and Nel 2021
G. †Pseudobabinskaia Makarkin et al. 2017
G. †Pseudoneliana Huang et al. 2019
G. †Stenobabinskaia Lu et al. 2021
G. †Xiaobabinskaia Lu et al. 2021
Invalid names: Neliana impolluta Martins-Neto 1997 [nomen dubium]
G. †Chrysoleonites Martynov 1925
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†Chrysoleonites intactus Panfilov 1980
†Chrysoleonites ocellatus Martynov 1925
†Chrysoleonites plexus Panfilov 1980
Fm. †Cratosmylidae Myskowiak et al. 2015
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G. †Araripenymphes Menon et al. 2005
G. †Cratosmylus Myskowiak et al. 2015
Fm. Myrmeleontidae Latreille 1802 [antlion]
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Subfm. †Araripeneurinae Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1989
Subfm. Ascalaphinae Lefebvre 1842 [owlfly]
G. †Burmaneura Huang et al. 2016
G. †Choromyrmeleon Ren and Guo 1996
Subfm. Dendroleontinae Banks 1899
G. †Diegopteryx Martins-Neto 2010
G. †Liaoximyia Hong 1988
Subfm. Myrmeleontinae Latreille 1802
G. †Nanoleon Hu et al. 2019
G. †Pristinofossor Badano and Engel 2018
Subfm. †Pseudonymphinae Martins-Neto 1992
G. †Xiaoleon Lu and Liu 2022
Invalid names: Ascalaphidae Lefebure 1842 [synonym]
Unr. Myrmeleontoidae Latreille 1802
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Fm. †Araripeneuridae Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1989
Fm. †Palaeoleontidae Martins-Neto 1992
Fm. Nemopteridae Burmeister 1839 [thread-winged antlion]
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G. †Cratocroce Nel and Pella 2020
Subfm. †Cratonemopteriginae Martins-Neto 2002
Subfm. Crocinae Navás 1910
Subfm. †Krikaiinae Martins-Neto 2002
Subfm. Nemopterinae Burmeister 1839
Subfm. †Roeslerianinae Martins-Neto 1997
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Invalid names: Roesleriinae Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1989 [replaced]
Fm. Nymphidae Rambur 1842 [split-footed lacewing]
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G. †Baissoleon Makarkin 1990
G. †Cretonymphes Ponomarenko 1992
G. †Dactylomyius Novokshonov 1990
G. †Daonymphes Makarkin et al. 2013
G. †Elenchonymphes Engel and Grimaldi 2008
G. †Liminympha Ren and Engel 2007
G. †Mesonymphes Carpenter 1929
G. †Nymphavus Badano et al. 2018
Subfm. Nymphinae Rambur 1842
G. †Nymphites Haase 1890
G. †Olindanymphes Martins-Neto 2005
G. †Santananymphes Martins-Neto 2005
G. †Sialium Westwood 1854
G. †Spilonymphes Shi et al. 2015
Invalid names: Alloneurinae Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1989 [empty], Myiodactylinae Handlirsch 1908 [empty], Nymphitidae Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]
G. †Osmylites Haase 1890
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†Osmylites excelsa Oppenheim 1888
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Invalid names: Osmylites protogaea Hagen 1862 [objective synonym]
†Osmylites latus Panfilov 1980
†Osmylites udensis Ponomarenko 1984
Invalid names: Nymphoides Panfilov 1980 [synonym]
Invalid names: Ascalaphoidea Lefebure 1842 [synonym], Nymphidoidae Rambur 1842 [invalid subgroup], Nymphoidea Rambur 1842 [synonym]
Superfm. Psychopsoidea Handlirsch 1906
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Fm. †Aetheogrammatidae Ren and Engel 2008
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G. †Aetheogramma Ren and Engel 2008
G. †Curtogramma Yang et al. 2015
G. †Cyclicogramma Yang et al. 2015
Subfm. †Ectopogrammatinae Engel et al. 2011
G. †Fiaponeura Lu et al. 2016
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†Fiaponeura maculipennis Assmar et al. 2025
†Fiaponeura penghiani Lu et al. 2016
Fm. †Grammolingiidae Ren 2002
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G. †Chorilingia Shi et al. 2012
G. †Grammolingia Ren 2002
G. †Leptolingia Ren 2002
G. †Litholingia Ren 2002
G. †Protolingia Khramov 2012
Fm. †Kalligrammatidae Handlirsch 1906
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Subfm. †Cretanallachiinae Makarkin 2017
Subfm. †Kalligrammatinae Handlirsch 1906
Subfm. †Kallihemerobiinae Ren and Engel 2008
Subfm. †Liassopsychopinae Ansorge and Makarkin 2021
Subfm. †Meioneurinae Yang et al. 2014
Subfm. †Oregrammatinae Yang et al. 2014
G. †Palparites Handlirsch 1906
Subfm. †Sophogrammatinae Yang et al. 2014
Invalid names: Kalligrammula atra Ponomarenko 1992 [nomen dubium], Kalligrammula karatavica Martynova 1947 [nomen dubium], Makarkiniidae Martins-Neto 1997 [synonym]
Fm. †Osmylopsychopidae Martynova 1949
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G. †Brongniartiella Meunier 1897
G. †Daopsychops Peng et al. 2015
G. †Eupypsychops Peng et al. 2015
G. †Gayndahpsychops Lambkin 2014
G. †Minipsychops Liu et al. 2023
G. †Nematopsychops Peng et al. 2015
G. †Nipponopsychops Khramov et al. 2023
G. †Ochropsychops Peng et al. 2015
G. †Oligophlebiopsis Khramov and Makarkin 2015
G. †Osmylopsychoides Khramov and Makarkin 2015
G. †Osmylopsychops Tillyard 1923
G. †Osmylopsychostoechus Khramov and Makarkin 2015
G. †Petropsychops Riek 1956
G. †Pseudopsychopsis Makarkin 2010
G. †Psychostoechotes Khramov and Makarkin 2015
G. †Stenopteropsychops Peng et al. 2015
G. †Undulopsychopsis Peng et al. 2011
Invalid names: Brongniartiellidae Martynova 1949 [synonym]
Fm. †Prohemerobiidae Handlirsch 1906
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G. †Eopsychopsis Martynov 1928
G. †Oshinopsychops Ponomarenko 1992
G. †Ovalorobius Jepson et al. 2012
G. †Palaeogetes Novokshonov 1990
G. †Paractinophlebia Handlirsch 1906
G. †Prohemerobius Handlirsch 1906
G. †Stenoteleuta Bode 1953
G. †Tachymerobius Ponomarenko 1992
Fm. Psychopsidae Handlirsch 1906 [silky lacewing]
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G. †Acanthopsychops Badano and Engel 2018
G. †Actinoptilon Bode 1953
G. †Ainigmapsychops Makarkin and Archibald 2014
G. †Alloepipsychopsis Makarkin et al. 2012
G. †Angaropsychops Martynova 1949
G. †Apeirophlebia Handlirsch 1906
G. †Aphthartopsychops Badano and Engel 2018
G. †Arctopsychops Makarkin 1994
G. †Baisopsychops Makarkin 1997
G. †Beipiaopsychops Hong 1983
G. †Calopsychops Panfilov 1980
G. †Cretapsychops Jepson et al. 2009
G. †Electropsychops Lu et al. 2017
G. †Embaneura Zalessky 1953
G. †Epipsychopsis Makarkin 2010
G. †Gigantopsychops Peng et al. 2015
G. †Grammapsychops Martynova 1954
G. †Kagapsychops Fujiyama 1978
G. †Lasiopsychops Bai et al. 2019
G. †Litopsychopsis Engel and Grimaldi 2008
G. †Micropsychops Jepson et al. 2009
G. †Miopsychopsis Makarkin 1991
G. †Propsychops Panfilov 1980
G. †Propsychopsis Krüger 1923
G. Psychopsis Newman 1842
G. †Psychopsites Jepson et al. 2009
G. †Pulchroptilonia Martins-Neto 1997
G. †Purbepsychopsis Jepson et al. 2012
G. †Putzneura Martins-Neto 2010
G. †Sinopsychops Hong 1982
G. †Triassopsychops Tillyard 1922
G. †Trichophlebia Bode 1953
Invalid names: Prohemerobioidea Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Psychopsididae Handlirsch 1906 [empty]
Invalid names: Nemopteroidea Burmeister 1839 [empty]
Superfm. Hemerobioidea Latreille 1802
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Fm. †Ascalochrysidae Ren and Makarkin 2009
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Fm. Chrysopidae Schneider 1851 [green lacewing]
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Subfm. Chrysopinae Schneider 1851
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Subfm. †Limaiinae Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1988
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G. †Aberrantochrysa Khramov 2018
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†Aberrantochrysa buryatica Khramov 2018
†Aberrantochrysa pulchella Khramov 2018
G. †Araripechrysa Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1988
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†Araripechrysa magnifica Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1988
G. †Baisochrysa Makarkin 1997
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†Baisochrysa multinervis Makarkin 1997
†Baisochrysa pumila Khramov et al. 2015
G. †Limaia Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1988
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†Limaia adicotomica Martins-Neto 1997
†Limaia conspicua Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1988
G. †Mesypochrysa Martynov 1927
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†Mesypochrysa angusta Wang et al. 2025
†Mesypochrysa angustialata Makarkin 1997
†Mesypochrysa binervis Zhang et al. 2020
†Mesypochrysa cannabina Khramov 2018
†Mesypochrysa chrysopa Makarkin 1997
†Mesypochrysa chrysopoides Ponomarenko 1992
†Mesypochrysa coadnata Chen et al. 2022
†Mesypochrysa curvimedia Makarkin 1997
†Mesypochrysa falcata Makarkin 1997
†Mesypochrysa intermedia Panfilov 1980
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Invalid names: Mesypochrysa makarkini Nel et al. 2005 [synonym]
†Mesypochrysa latipennis Martynov 1927
†Mesypochrysa magna Makarkin 1997
†Mesypochrysa minima Makarkin 1997
†Mesypochrysa miniscula Ren and Guo 1996
†Mesypochrysa minuta Jepson et al. 2012
†Mesypochrysa naranica Khramov 2018
†Mesypochrysa nielseni Makarkin and Perkovsky 2023
†Mesypochrysa paradoxica Wang et al. 2025
†Mesypochrysa paucinervis Wang et al. 2025
†Mesypochrysa polyclada Panfilov 1980
†Mesypochrysa polyneura Ren and Guo 1996
†Mesypochrysa pusilla Zhang et al. 2020
†Mesypochrysa reducta Panfilov 1980
†Mesypochrysa sinica Khramov et al. 2015
Invalid names: Lembochrysa Ren and Guo 1996 [synonym]
G. †Protochrysa Willmann and Brooks 1991
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†Protochrysa aphrodite Willmann and Brooks 1991
†Protochrysa fuscobasalis Makarkin and Archibald 2013
Subfm. Nothochrysinae Navas 1910
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G. †Adamsochrysa Makarkin and Archibald 2013
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†Adamsochrysa aspera Makarkin and Archibald 2013
†Adamsochrysa wilsoni Makarkin and Archibald 2013
G. †Archaeochrysa Adams 1967
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†Archaeochrysa cockerelli Makarkin et al. 2022
†Archaeochrysa creedei Carpenter 1935
†Archaeochrysa fracta Cockerell 1914
†Archaeochrysa paranervis Adams 1967
†Archaeochrysa profracta Makarkin and Archibald 2013
†Archaeochrysa sanikwa Archibald and Makarkin 2015
G. †Cimbrochrysa Schlüter 1982
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†Cimbrochrysa americana Makarkin et al. 2022
†Cimbrochrysa major Makarkin et al. 2022
†Cimbrochrysa moleriensis Schlüter 1982
G. †Lithochrysa Carpenter 1935
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†Lithochrysa borealis Archibald and Makarkin 2017
†Lithochrysa concinnula Cockerell 1909
†Lithochrysa ferruginea Cockerell 1909
†Lithochrysa meyeri Makarkin et al. 2022
†Lithochrysa wickhami Cockerell 1914
G. Nothochrysa MacLachlan 1868
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†Nothochrysa oligocenica Ngô-Muller et al. 2019
†Nothochrysa praeclara Statz 1936
†Nothochrysa stampieni Nel and Séméria 1986
†Notochrysa praeclara Statz 1936
G. †Okanaganochrysa Makarkin and Archibald 2013
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†Okanaganochrysa coltsunae Makarkin and Archibald 2013
G. †Palaeochrysa Scudder 1883
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†Palaeochrysa greenwalti Jepson and Makarkin 2023
†Palaeochrysa minor Jepson and Makarkin 2023
†Palaeochrysa stricta Scudder 1890
G. †Pseudochrysopa Makarkin and Archibald 2013
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†Pseudochrysopa harveyi Makarkin and Archibald 2013
G. †Tribochrysa Scudder 1883
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†Tribochrysa firmata Scudder 1890
†Tribochrysa inequalis Scudder 1885
Fm. Hemerobiidae Latreille 1802 [brown lacewing]
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Subfm. Carobiinae Oswald 1993
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Subfm. Drepanepteryginae Krüger 1922
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G. †Archibaldia Makarkin 2023
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†Archibaldia aristovi Makarkin 2023
†Archibaldia wehri Makarkin et al. 2003
G. Drepanepteryx Leach 1815
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†Drepanepteryx oedobia Makarkin 1991
†Drepanepteryx ramosa Makarkin 1991
†Drepanepteryx resinata Krüger 1923
Invalid names: Prophlebonema Krüger 1923 [synonym]
G. Neuronema McLachlan 1869
G. †Proneuronema Makarkin et al. 2016
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†Proneuronema damzeni Makarkin and Wedmann 2024
†Proneuronema gradatum Makarkin et al. 2016
†Proneuronema minor Makarkin et al. 2016
†Proneuronema sidorchukae Makarkin and Perkovsky 2020
Subfm. Hemerobiinae Latreille 1802
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G. Hemerobius Linnaeus 1758
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†Hemerobius incertus Makarkin 1991
†Hemerobius prohumulinus Makarkin 1991
Invalid names: Mucropalpus Pictet 1854 [synonym]
G. Wesmaelius Kruger 1922
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†Wesmaelius makarkini Yang et al. 2018
†Wesmaelius mathewesi Makarkin et al. 2003
Subfm. Megalominae Krüger 1922
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G. Megalomus Rambur 1842
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†Megalomus caucasicus Makarkin 1991
†Megalomus coloradensis Makarkin 2024
†Megalomus densistriatus Henriksen 1922
†Megalomus maculosus Makarkin 1991
†Megalomus tinctus Jarzembowski 1980
G. †Plesiorobius Klimaszewski and Kevan 1986
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†Plesiorobius canadensis Klimaszewski and Kevan 1986
†Plesiorobius sibiricus Makarkin 1994
Subfm. Sympherobiinae Comstock 1918
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G. †Prolachlanius Krüger 1923
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G. Sympherobius Banks 1904
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†Sympherobius completus Makarkin and Wedmann 2009
†Sympherobius irinae Perkovsky and Makarkin 2020
†Sympherobius siriae Jepson et al. 2010
†Sympherobius yulei Nel and Jarzembowski 2019
Invalid names: Notiobiellinae Nakahara 1960 [empty], Promegalomidae Panfilov 1980 [synonym]
Fm. †Solenoptilidae Handlirsch 1906
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G. †Ooidia Bode 1953
G. †Solenoptilon Handlirsch 1906
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†Solenoptilon kochi Geinitz 1888
†Solenoptilon martynovi Martynova 1949
Invalid names: Chrysopoidea Schneider 1851 [synonym], Osmylitidae Martynova 1949 [empty], Polystoechotoidea Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available