Mesochrysopidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Neuropterida
Ordo: Neuroptera
Subordo: Hemerobiiformia
Superfamilia: Chrysopoidea

Familia: †Mesochrysopidae
Genera: †Allopterinae – †Aristenymphes – †Chimerochrysopa – †Corydasialis – †Cratochrysa – †Dryellina – †Karenina – †Kareninoides – †Liaoximyia – †Longicellochrysa – †Macronympha – †Megalopteroneura – †Mesascalaphus – †Mesochrysopa – †Mesotermes – †Nanochrysopa – †Pedanoptera – †Protoaristenymphes – †Tachinymphes – †Triangulochrysopa – †Ypresioneura
Name

Mesochrysopidae
Synonyms

Allopteridae
Tachinymphidae

References

Ren, D.; Makarkin, V.N.; Yang, Q. 2010: A new fossil genus of Mesochrysopidae (Neuroptera) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China. Zootaxa, 2523: 50–56. Preview
Yang, Q.; Makarkin, V.N.; Ren, D. 2012: New fossil Mesochrysopidae (Neuroptera) from the Mesozoic of China. Zootaxa 3597: 1–14. Preview Reference page.

Mesochrysopidae is an extinct family of lacewings known from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. They are considered to be closely related to green lacewings of the family Chrysopidae. The family are also alternatively considered a paraphyletic grade leading up to crown Chrysopidae.[1]
Genera

†Allopterus Zhang 1991 Las Hoyas, Spain, Barremian Laiyang Formation, China, Aptian
†Burmotachinymphes Cao, Wang and Liu, 2021, Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
†Aristenymphes Panfilov 1980 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Callovian/Oxfordian
†Caririchrysa Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1988 Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian
†Chimerochrysopa Nel et al. 2005 Las Hoyas, Spain, Barremian
†Dryellina Martins-Neto and Rodrigues 2009 Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian
†Karenina Martins-Neto 1997 Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian
†Kareninoides Yang et al. 2012 Las Hoyas, Spain, Barremian, Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
†Longicellochrysa Ren et al. 2010 Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
†Macronympha Panfilov 1980 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Callovian/Oxfordian
†Mesascalaphus Ren 1995 Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
†Mesochrysopa Handlirsch 1906 Solnhofen Limestone, Germany, Tithonian
†Mesotermes Haase 1890 Solnhofen Limestone, Germany, Tithonian
†Nanochrysopa Nel et al. 2005 Las Hoyas, Spain, Barremian
†Pedanoptera Liu et al. 2016 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
†Protoaristenymphes Nel and Henrotay 1994 Bascharage, Luxembourg, Toarcian Daohugou, China, Callovian
†Tachinymphes Ponomarenko 1992 Las Hoyas, Spain, Barremian, Yixian Formation, China, Aptian, Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian Jinju Formation, South Korea, Albian
†Triangulochrysopa Nel et al. 2005 Las Hoyas, Spain, Barremian Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian

References

Liu, Xingyue; Zhang, Weiwei; Winterton, Shaun L.; Breitkreuz, Laura C.V.; Engel, Michael S. (2016). "Early Morphological Specialization for Insect-Spider Associations in Mesozoic Lacewings". Current Biology. 26 (12): 1590–1594. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.04.039. PMID 27212405.