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Checklist for Superfamily Myrmeleontoidea Latreille, 1802
and region Lower Cretaceous (Cretaceous)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
566
2074
3587
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
565
2073
3586
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
506
1892
3348
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Neuropterida
Aspöck, Gusenleithner & Malicky, 1999
32
167
301
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Neuroptera
Linnaeus, 1758
And Allies, Ant lions, Ant-lions, Antlions, Lacewing
27
131
220
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Myrmeleontiformia
Henry, 1982
9
55
102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Myrmeleontoidea
Latreille, 1802
4
28
50
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Lower Cretaceous
4 Families width 50 Species
Palaeoleontidae Martins-Neto, 1992Ant lion14SpeciesTaxom
Nymphidae Rambur, 1842Split-footed lacewing13SpeciesTaxom
Myrmeleontidae Latreille, 1802Ant lions21SpeciesTaxom
Ascalaphidae Rambur, 1842Owlflies2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Lower Cretaceous
28 Genera with 50 Species
#ABCKLMNOPRS
Araripeleon Millet & Nel, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Araripenymphes Menon & al., 20051SpeciesTaxom
Baisopardus Ponomarenko, 20167SpeciesTaxom
Baissoleon Makarkin, 20152SpeciesTaxom
Bleyeria Martins-Neto, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Blittersdorffia Martins-Neto..., 19895SpeciesTaxom
Caldasia Martins-Neto..., 19891SpeciesTaxom
Choromyrmeleon Ren & Guo, 19962SpeciesTaxom
Cratoalloneura Martins-Neto, 20022SpeciesTaxom
Cratoneura Martins-Neto, 19923SpeciesTaxom
Cratonympha Martins-Neto..., 19901SpeciesTaxom
Cratoscalapha Martins-Neto..., 19971SpeciesTaxom
Cratosisyrops Martins-Neto, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Cretonymphes Ponomarenko, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Krika Martins-Neto, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Liaoximyia Hong, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Mesonymphes Carpenter, 19922SpeciesTaxom
Neurastenyx Martins-Neto..., 19973SpeciesTaxom
Nymphites Haase, 1890
0SpeciesTaxom
Olindanymphes Martins-Neto, 20051SpeciesTaxom
Palaeoleon Rice, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Paraneurastenyx Martins-Neto, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Parapalaeoleon Menon & Maka..., 20081SpeciesTaxom
Pseudonymphes Martins-Neto..., 19984SpeciesTaxom
Rafaelnymphes Myskowiak & al., 20161SpeciesTaxom
Santananymphes Martins-Neto, 20051SpeciesTaxom
Sialium Westwood, 18543SpeciesTaxom
Spilonymphes Shi & al., 20151SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Lower Cretaceous
50 Species
Araripeleon alphonsei ♰ J. Millet, 2010
Araripenymphes seldeni ♰ F. Menon, 2005
Baisopardus araripensis Martins-Neto, 1992
Baisopardus banksianus ♰ A. G. Ponoma..., 1992
Baisopardus conani Martins-Neto, 2010
Baisopardus cryptohymen Heads & al., 2005
Baisopardus escuilliei Myskowiak & Nel, 2016
Baisopardus polyhymnia Martins-Neto, 1997
Baisopardus pumilio Myskowiak & Nel, 2016
Baissoleon cretaceus ♰ V. N. Makarkin, 1990
Baissoleon similis Shi & al., 2015
Bleyeria nordestina ♰ R. G. Martin..., 1992
Blittersdorffia dicotomica ♰ R. G. Martin..., 1990
Blittersdorffia pleoneura ♰ R. G. Martin..., 1989
Blittersdorffia polyplusia Martins-Neto, 1997
Blittersdorffia pulcherrima Martins-Neto..., 1997
Blittersdorffia volkheimeri ♰ R. G. Martin..., 1989
Caldasia cretacea ♰ R. G. Martin..., 1989
Choromyrmeleon aspoeckorum ♰ D. Ren, 2008
Choromyrmeleon othneius ♰ D. Ren, 1996
Cratoalloneura acuminata ♰ R. G. Martin..., 1989
Cratoalloneura verdandia Martins-Neto, 2002
Cratoneura dividens ♰ R. G. Martin..., 1994
Cratoneura longissima ♰ R. G. Martin..., 1992
Cratoneura pulchella ♰ R. G. Martin..., 1992
Cratonympha microcelata ♰ R. G. Martin..., 1990
Cratoscalapha electroneura Martins-Neto..., 1997
Cratosisyrops gonzagai Martins-Neto, 1997
Cretonymphes baisensis ♰ A. G. Ponoma..., 1992
Krika pilosa ♰ R. G. Martin..., 1992
Liaoximyia sinica ♰ Y. C. Hong, 1988
Mesonymphes apicalis ♰ A. G. Ponoma..., 1992
Mesonymphes sibiricus ♰ A. G. Ponoma..., 1992
Neurastenyx conani ♰ R. G. Martin..., 2010
Neurastenyx cryptohymen ♰ S. W. Heads, 2005
Neurastenyx gigas Martins-Neto..., 1997
Olindanymphes makarkini ♰ R. G. Martin..., 2005
Palaeoleon araripensis ♰ R. G. Martin..., 1992
Paraneurastenyx ascalaphix Martins-Neto, 1998
Parapalaeoleon magnus ♰ Menon & Maka..., 2008
Pseudonymphes araripensis ♰ R. G. Martin..., 1989
Pseudonymphes brunherottae ♰ R. G. Martin..., 1994
Pseudonymphes ponomarenkoi ♰ R. G. Martin..., 1992
Pseudonymphes zambonii Martins-Neto, 1998
Rafaelnymphes cratoensis Myskowiak & al., 2016
Santananymphes ponomarenkoi ♰ R. G. Martin..., 2005
Sialium minor Shi & al., 2015
Sialium sinicus Shi & al., 2015
Sialium sipylus ♰ J. O. Westwood, 1854
Spilonymphes major Shi & al., 2015

Subnodes of Myrmeleontoidea with occurrences in Lower Cretaceous
FamilyAscalaphidae
Rambur, 1842
Owlflies, Owlfly
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMyrmeleontidae
Latreille, 1802
Ant lions, Ant-lions, Antlion, Antlion lacewings, Antlions, Doodlebugs [Larva]
10
21
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyNymphidae
Rambur, 1842
split-footed lacewing, Split-footed lacewings
10
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPalaeoleontidae ♰
Martins-Neto, 1992
Ant lion, Ant-lion, Antlion, Antlion lacewings
6
14
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Myrmeleontoidea at itis.gov