Berothidae

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Beaded lacewings
Fossil range: Late Cretaceous - Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Endopterygota or Neuropterida
Order: Neuroptera
Suborder: Hemerobiiformia
Superfamily: Mantispoidea
Family: Berothidae
Subfamilies

Cyrenoberothinae
Berothinae
Nosybinae
Nyrminae
Protobiellinae
Trichomatinae
and see text

The beaded lacewings, Berothidae, are a family of winged insects of the order Neuroptera.

They are very closely related to the thorny lacewings (Rhachiberothidae) which were long included in the Berothidae but increasingly are considered distinct again. The mantidflies (Mantispidae) are another group of rather close relatives, and at least some of the probably paraphyletic group of fossil forms collectively called "Mesithonidae" also seem to be quite close.[1]

[edit] Systematics

The peculiar genus Lomamyia cannot be robustly assigned to any one subfamily. In addition, a considerable fossil diversity of beaded lacewings is known from the Late Cretaceous onwards, containing numerous genera which are likewise basal or incertae sedis:

  • Banoberotha
  • Jersiberotha
  • Nascimberotha
  • Microberotha
  • Plesiorobius - validity doubtful
  • Proberotha

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ See references in Haaramo (2008)

[edit] References


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