Nemopteridae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Myrmeleontiformia
Superfamilia: Nemopteroidea

Familia: Nemopteridae
Subfamily: Crocinae - Nemopterinae

Genera: Afghanocroce - Amerocroce - Anacroce - Apocroce - Austrocroce - Barbibucca - Brevistoma - Carnarviana - Chasmoptera - Concroce - Croce - Derhynchia - Dielocroce - Halter - Halterina - Josandreva - Knersvlaktia - Laurhervasia - Lertha - Moranida - Necrophylus - Nemeura - Nemia - Nemopistha - Nemoptera - Nemopterella - Palmipenna - Parasicyoptera - Pastranaia - Pterocroce - Savigniella - Semirhynchia - Sicyoptera - Stenorrhachus - Thysanocroce - Tjederia - Veurise

References
Primary references
Additional references

Abdalla, Mansell & Sole, 2019
Selected links

Larva of Crocinae

Vernacular names
English: Spoon-winged lacewings, Thread-winged lacewings
русский: Нитекрылки

Nemopteridae, the spoonwings, are a family of neuropteran insects. They are also called thread-winged antlions. They are found in the Ethiopian, Palearctic, Australasian and Neotropical realms but absent in North America (though a fossil has been found in Colorado).[1]

Their flight is delicate and they have a circling flight to avoid walls when they are trapped indoors. The long streamer is conspicuous when the insects are flying and these are the elongated and spatulate hindwings.

Male nemopterids have a bulla on the wing usually along the margin or wing base that is used to disperse pheromone.[1]
Taxonomy
Chasmoptera hutti

There are two distinct subfamilies in the family Nemopteridae:

Crocinae, mostly nocturnal and crepuscular species with often a narrow habitat preference. They are found in arid desert zones and have a wide distribution along the southern fringes of the west Palearctic and Western Asia, as well as in dry Neotropical, Afrotropical, and Australian areas. It includes the following genera:

†Cretocroce Lu et al. 2019 – Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
Josandreva
Pterocroce
Concroce
Croce
Pastranaia
Veurise
Austrocroce
Carnarviana
Josandreva
Thysanocroce
Tjederia
Laurhervasia
Anacroce
Apocroce
Dielocroce
Necrophylus
Afghanocroce
Amerocroce
Moranida

Nemopterinae – diurnal, with a greater diversity. Genera include:

Barbibucca
Lertha
Nemoptera
Nemopterella

Other nemopterid genera include:

Barbibucca
Brevistoma
Chasmoptera
Derhynchia
Halter
Halterina
Knersvlaktia
Lertha
Nemeura
Nemia
Nemopistha
Nemopterella
Palmipenna
Parasicyoptera
Pterocroce
Savigniella
Semirhynchia
Sicyoptera
Stenorrhachus
†Roesleriana Martins-Neto 1997 – Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian
†Cratonemopteryx Martins-Neto 1992 – Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian
†Krika Martins-Neto 1992 – Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian

References

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, 2nd edition. Volume 3, Insects, edited by Michael Hutchins, Arthur V. Evans, Rosser W. Garrison, and Neil Schlager. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group, 2003.