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

Background The latest advancements in DNA sequencing technologies have facilitated the
resolution of the phylogeny of insects, yet parts of the tree of Holometabola remain …

Loss of biodiversity and especially insect decline are widely recognised in modern
ecosystems. This decline has an enormous impact due to the crucial ecological roles of …

Investigation of a large collection of Neuroptera from Northeastern Nigeria stored untouched
in alcohol for four decades in the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia, provided the …

Simple Summary The larvae of owlflies and antlions (here shortly embraced by the term
“owllions”) are ambush predators. Their mouthparts are transformed into teeth-bearing …

Lacewing larvae (Neuroptera) are known to be fierce predators which are morphologically
highly specialised for a raptorial lifestyle. Mandibular-maxillary stylets are characteristic for …

The first large‐scale, total‐evidence phylogeny of the owlflies (Neuroptera, Ascalaphidae) is
presented. A combined morphological and molecular dataset was analysed under several …

Palparine and palparidiine antlions constitute an emblematic clade of large and
occasionally colourful insects that are only distributed in the western portion of the Eastern …

A taxonomic revision and the first phylogenetic hypothesis of the Neotropical genus
Ameromyia Banks (Myrmeleontidae: Brachynemurini) is herein presented. The phylogeny is …

We present a phylogeny of Chrysopidae inferred from combining molecular and
morphological data. Apochrysinae were recovered as sister to the rest of the family …