The last 25 years of phylogenetic investigation into the three orders constituting the
superorder Neuropterida—Raphidioptera, Megaloptera, and Neuroptera—have brought …

The palaeodiversity of Neuropterida was extraordinarily rich during the Cretaceous in
northern Myanmar. Owing to the sharply increased studies on the Myanmar amber …

Neuroptera (lacewings) and allied orders Megaloptera (dobsonflies, alderflies) and
Raphidioptera (snakeflies) are predatory insects and together make up the clade …

1 We dedicate this work to our late friend and colleague Norman Dale “Norm” Penny (1946–
2016), who over the course of a long and productive career, and with an irrepressible and …

The sequential breakup of the supercontinent Pangaea since the Middle Jurassic is one of
the crucial factors that has driven the biogeographical patterns of terrestrial biotas. Despite …

The genitalia of M egaloptera are crucial for taxonomic identification and represent a
significant component of characters for phylogenetic interpretation of this order. However …

A global synonymical checklist of the species and higher taxa of the insect order
Megaloptera is provided. The checklist includes both extant and extinct taxa, and recognizes …

Megaloptera belong to a large monophyletic group, the Neuropteroidea, together with
Coleoptera, Strepsiptera, Raphidioptera, and Neuroptera. With the latter two, this order …

Abstract Acanthacorydalis orientalis (McLachlan, 1899)(Megaloptera: Corydalidae) is an
important freshwater-benthic invertebrate species that serves as an indicator for water …

Background The last time the phylogenetic relationships among members of the family
Hemerobiidae were studied quantitatively was over 12 years ago and based exclusively on …