1909 †Archaeosymphrasis Shi et al. 2020 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian Anchieta Navás, 1909 †Habrosymphrasis Shi et al. 2020 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian †Haplosymphrasites Lu et al. 2020 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian †Parasymphrasites Lu et al. 2020 Burmese amber, Myanmar, CenomanianPlega Navás, 1927 - Americas †Symphrasites Wedmann & Makarkin, 2007 Messel Pit, Germany, EoceneTrichoscelia Westwood, 1852 †Mesomantispinae Auth: Makarkin 1996 †Archaeodrepanicus Jepson et al. 2013 Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian) †Clavifemora Jepson et al. 2013 Daohugou, China, Middle/Late Jurassic †Karataumantispa Jepson 2015 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Middle/Late Jurassic †Mesomantispa Makarkin 1996 Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian †Ovalofemora Jepson et al. 2018 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Middle/Late Jurassic †Sinomesomantispa Jepson et al. 2013 Yixian Formation, China, Aptian Unassigned Allomantispa Liu, Wu, Winterton & Ohl, 2014 Entatoneura Enderlein, 1910 Fera (lacewing) Whalley, 1983 Forciada Kozhanchikov, 1949 Longicollum - monotypic Longicollum benmaddoxi Jepson et al., 2018 Manega Navás, 1929 Promantispa Jarzembowski, 1980 Prosagittalata Nel, 1988 Fossil taxa may be of an altogether quite basal position, for example the Jurassic Liassochrysa (about 180 million years old) and Promantispa (about 155 million years old) have been assigned to either a basal position within the group or Drepanicinae, the most basal subfamily within the group. The Early Jurassic Prohemerobius dilaroides (the type species of the "Prohemerobiidae" assemblage) as well as the Late Permian Permantispa emelyanovi (of the just as likely paraphyletic "Permithonidae") were suggested to possibly represent ancestral mantidflies However, later studies found them to be basal members of Psychopsoidea and Neuroptera respectively. Most living genera from which fossil species are also known to go back to the Miocene; the Oligocene "Climaciella" henrotayi probably does not belong in the living genus. Two fossil species have been described as part of the extant genus Dicromantispa, Dicromantispa moronei from Dominican amber and Dicromantispa electromexicana from Mexican amber. The North American species include:Paraberotha, Retinoberotha and Whalfera were formerly placed here, but have since been recognized as Rhachiberothidae. Mantispidiptera'' are diminutive insects, apparently neuropterans of some sort, perhaps Hemerobiiformia; their exact affiliation cannot at present be determined because of their odd apomorphies, though they are unlikely to have been mantidflies. References External links Mantispoidea Insects used as insect pest control agents Neuroptera families Extant Early Jurassic first appearances