Rhachiberothidae

Rhachiberothidae Temporal range: Barremian–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
The holotype in Oise amber
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Neuroptera
Suborder:	Hemerobiiformia
Superfamily:	Mantispoidea
Family:	Rhachiberothidae
Genera
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Rhachiberothidae, sometimes called thorny lacewings, are a family of winged insects in the order Neuroptera. The family has only 14 extant species in 4 genera found in Sub-Saharan Africa, but has a diverse fossil record extending back to the Early Cretaceous in Lebanon (then part of North Gondwana), Eurasia and North America.^[1]

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 "" also seem to be quite close.^{[citation needed]}

Taxonomy[]

• Rhachiberothidae Tjeder, 1959
  • † Nel et al., 2005
    • † Nakamine et al, 2020 Burmese amber, Cenomanian
    • † McKellar & Engel, 2009 , Campanian
    • † Nel et al., 2005 , France, Cenomanian
    • † Nakamine et al, 2020 Burmese amber, Cenomanian
    • † Nel et al., 2005 Lebanese amber, Barremian
    • † Makarkin, 2015 Burmese amber, Cenomanian
    • † Engel, 2004 Burmese amber, Cenomanian
    • † Nakamine & Yamamoto, 2018 , Japan, Santonian
    • † Shi et al., 2015 Burmese amber, Cenomanian
    • † Whalley, 1980 Lebanese amber, Barremian
    • †Raptorapax Petrulevicius et al., 2010 Lebanese amber, Barremian
    • † Schlüter, 1978 , France, Cenomanian
    • † Grimaldi, 2000 New Jersey amber, Turonian
    • † Engel & Grimaldi, 2008 Burmese amber, Cenomanian
    • † Nel et al., 2005 Lebanese amber, Barremian
    • † Nakamine et al, 2020 Burmese amber, Cenomanian
    • † Nakamine et al, 2020 Burmese amber, Cenomanian
  • Tjeder, 1959
    • Aspöck & Aspöck, 1997
    • Tjeder, 1959
    • Tjeder, 1959
    • Aspöck, Aspöck, Johnson, Donga & Duelli, 2020
    • † Engel, 2004 Baltic amber, Eocene
  • Incertae sedis
    • † Nel et al., 2005 , France, Ypresian

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