Rhachiberothidae

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Thorny lacewings
Fossil range: Early 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: Rhachiberothidae
Genera

Several, including:
Mucroberotha
Rhachiberotha
and see text

The thorny lacewings, Rhachiberothidae, are a family of winged insects of the order Neuroptera.

Long included in the Berothidae (beaded lacewings), they are usually considered a separate family by current authors. Another closely-related group are the mantidflies (Mantispidae), and at least some of the probably paraphyletic group of fossil forms collectively called "Mesithonidae" also seem to be quite close.[1]

A considerable number of prehistoric genera have been described from fossils dating back to the Early Cretaceous:

  • Alloberotha
  • Chimerhachiberotha
  • Eorhachiberotha
  • Oisea
  • Paraberotha - formerly in Mantispidae
  • Retinoberotha - formerly in Mantispidae
  • Rhachibermissa
  • Spinoberotha
  • Whalfera - tentatively placed here; formerly in Mantispidae

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ See references in Haaramo (2008)

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