Nymphidae
| Split-footed lacewings Temporal range: Eocene - Recent | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Nymphes myrmeleonides | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Suborder: | Myrmeleontiformia |
| Superfamily: | Myrmeleontoidea |
| Family: | Nymphidae Rambur, 1842 [1] |
| Genera | |
|
Several, including: | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Myiodactylidae | |
The split-footed lacewings, Nymphidae, are a family of winged insects of the order Neuroptera.
Split-footed lacewings stand somewhat apart from other living Myrmeleontoidea. The antlions (Myrmeleontidae) and the owlflies (Ascalaphidae) are more closely related to them, but the bulk of the Nymphidae's relatives includes extinct groups known only from fossils, such as the Nymphitidae, Brogniartiellidae or Babinskaiidae. The spoonwings (Nemopteridae) were at one time also believed to be quite closely related, but they seem to belong to another lineage of Myrmeleontiformia altogether. Myiodactylus osmyloides and its relatives were formerly separated as Myiodactylidae but they do not form a lineage separate from the other Nymphidae.[2]
In addition to the numerous living genera, the fossil Pronymphes is known from the Eocene.[3]
Footnotes
- ↑ S. Bruce Archibald, Vladimir N. Makarkin & Jörg Ansorge (2009). "New fossil species of Nymphidae (Neuroptera) from the Eocene of North America and Europe". Zootaxa 2157: 59–68.
- ↑ See references in Haaramo (2008)
- ↑ Engel & Grimaldi (2007)
References
 |
Wikispecies has information related to: Nymphidae |
- Engel, Michael S. & Grimaldi, David A. (2007): The neuropterid fauna of Dominican and Mexican amber (Neuropterida, Megaloptera, Neuroptera). American Museum Novitates 3587: 1-58. PDF fulltext
- Haaramo, Mikko (2008): Mikko's Phylogeny Archive: Neuroptera. Version of 2008-MAR-11. Retrieved 2008-APR-27.
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||