Osmyloidea is a euneuropteran superfamily in the lacewing order Neuroptera sister to the superfamilies Dilaroidea, Mantispoidea, and the clade Neoneuroptera. The superfamily includes three living families and two extinct families described from the fossil record.[1]
| Osmyloidea Temporal range:
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| Porismus strigatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Clade: | Euneuroptera |
| Superfamily: | Osmyloidea |
| Families | |
Taxonomy edit
- Nevrorthidae (Late Cretaceous-Present)
- Osmylidae (Early Jurassic-Present)
- Sisyridae (Late Cretaceous-Present)
- †Archeosmylidae (Permian-Triassic)
- †Saucrosmylidae (Middle Jurassic)
References edit
- ^ Engel, M. S.; Winterton, S. L.; Breitkreuz, L. C. (2018). "Phylogeny and evolution of Neuropterida: where have wings of lace taken us?". Annual Review of Entomology. 63: 531–551. doi:10.1146/annurev-ento-020117-043127.
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