Mantispoidea

Mantispoidea

Mantidfly
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Subclass:	Pterygota
Infraclass:	Neoptera
Superorder:	Endopterygota or Neuropterida
Order:	Neuroptera
Suborder:	Hemerobiiformia
Superfamily:	Mantispoidea

Families Berothidae Mantispidae

The Mantispoidea are a superfamily of lacewing insects in the suborder Hemerobiiformia. It has two families.

References

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Extant

Monocondylia	Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails)

Apterygota *	Thysanura (Zygentoma) (silverfish, firebrats)

Ephemeropteroidea	Ephemeroptera (mayflies)

Odonatoptera	Odonata (dragonflies, damselflies)

Polyneoptera

Dictyoptera	Blattodea (cockroaches, termites) Mantodea (mantises)

Paraneoptera *	Psocodea (barklice, lice) Thysanoptera (thrips) Hemiptera (cicadas, aphids, true bugs)

basal

Neuropteroidea

Coleopterida	Strepsiptera (twisted-winged parasites) Coleoptera (beetles)

Neuropterida	Raphidioptera (snakeflies) Megaloptera (alderflies, dobsonflies, fishflies) Neuroptera (net-winged insects: lacewings, mantidflies, antlions)

Antliophora	Mecoptera (scorpionflies) + Siphonaptera (fleas) Diptera (gnats, mosquitoes, flies)

Amphiesmenoptera	Trichoptera (caddisflies) Lepidoptera (moths, butterflies)

Four most speciose orders are marked in bold

Italic are paraphyletic groups

Extinct

Alienoptera Archodonata Blattoptera Caloneurodea Campylopteridae Carbotriplurida Coxoplectoptera Diaphanopterodea Eoblattodea Eocoronidae Eudiaphanoptera Erasipteridae Gerarus Geroptera Glosselytrodea Heraridea Hypoperlida Lapeyriidae Meganisoptera (griffinflies or "giant dragonflies") Megasecoptera Mendozachorista Miomoptera Monura Palaeodictyoptera Paoliida Permoplecoptera Protanisoptera Protelytroptera Protephemerida Protodiptera Protorthoptera Protozygoptera Pseudopulex Rhyniognatha Syntonoptera Titanoptera Triadophlebioptera

Extinct incertae sedis families and genera are marked in italic

Extant Neuroptera families

Basal

Nevrorthidae

Ithonioidea	Ithonidae (moth lacewings) Polystoechotidae (giant lacewings)

Osmyloidea	Osmylidae (osmylids)

Chrysopoidea	Chrysopidae (green lacewings)

Hemerobioidea	Hemerobiidae (brown lacewings)

Coniopterygoidea	Coniopterygidae (dustywings) Sisyridae (spongeflies or spongillaflies)

Mantispoidea	Dilaridae (pleasing lacewings) Mantispidae (mantidflies) Rhachiberothidae (thorny lacewings) Berothidae (beaded lacewings)

Nemopteroidea	Psychopsidae (silky lacewings) Nemopteridae (spoonwings)

Myrmeleontoidea	Nymphidae (split-footed lacewings) Myrmeleontidae (antlions) Ascalaphidae (owlflies)

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