Dilaridae is a family of
Euneuropteran insects in the order
Neuroptera
The insect order (biology), order Neuroptera, or net-winged insects, includes the lacewings, mantidflies, antlions, and their relatives. The order consists of some 6,000 species. Neuroptera is grouped together with the Megaloptera (alderflies, f ...
, known as "pleasing lacewings". They were formerly placed in the paraphyletic
superfamily
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Hemerobioidea
Hemerobiidae is a family of Neuropteran insects commonly known as brown lacewings, comprising about 500 species in 28 genera. Most are yellow to dark brown, but some species are green. They are small; most have forewings 4–10 mm long (som ...
, though the group is currently placed in the monophyletic superfamily Dilaroidea as a sister group to
Mantispoidea
Mantispoidea is a superfamily of euneuropteran insects in the order Neuroptera. The group was formerly placed in the paraphyletic suborder Hemerobiiformia, but is now considered sister to the superfamilies Dilaroidea and Osmyloidea. Mantispoid ...
and Osmyloidea.
There are about 9 genera and at least 100 described species in Dilaridae.
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Genera
These genera belong to the family Dilaridae:
* ''Berothella'' [
* †''Cascadilar'' - (Priabonian Baltic amber,)][
* †''Cretadilar'' - (Cenomanian. Burmese amber, Myanmar)][
* †''Cretodilar'' - (Cenomanian Burmese amber, Myanmar)][
* ''Dilar (insect), Dilar'' ][
* ''Lidar (lacewing), Lidar''
* ''Nallachius'' ][
* ''Neonallachius'' ][
Other genera previously considered to belong to family as the subfamily Cretanallachiinae have subsequently been moved to Kalligrammatidae.
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References
External links
Hemerobiiformia
Neuroptera families
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