Rhachiberothidae

Rhachiberothidae, sometimes called thorny lacewings, are a family of winged insects in the order Neuroptera. The family has only 14 extant species in 4 genera found in Sub-Saharan Africa, but has a diverse fossil record extending back to the Early Cretaceous in Lebanon (then part of North Gondwana), Eurasia and North America.[1] Like the closely related Mantispidae members of the group possess raptorial forelegs, which probably only evolved once in the common ancestor of the groups.[2]

Rhachiberothidae
Temporal range:
The Oisea celinea holotype in Oise amber
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Clade: Euneuroptera
Superfamily: Mantispoidea
Family: Rhachiberothidae
Genera

Hoelzeliella
Mucroberotha
Rhachiberotha
Rhachiella
and see text

Long included in the Berothidae (beaded lacewings), they are usually considered a separate family by current authors. Another closely related group are the mantidflies (Mantispidae), and at least some of the probably paraphyletic group of fossil forms collectively called "Mesithonidae" also seem to be quite close.

Taxonomy
  • Rhachiberothidae Tjeder, 1959
    • †Paraberothinae Nel et al., 2005
      • †Acanthoberotha Nakamine et al, 2020 Burmese amber, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
      • †Albertoberotha McKellar & Engel, 2009 Canadian amber, Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
      • †Alboberotha Nel et al., 2005 Charentese amber, France, Cenomanian
      • †Astioberotha Nakamine et al, 2020 Burmese amber, Cenomanian
      • †Chimerhachiberotha Nel et al., 2005 Lebanese amber, Early Cretaceous (Barremian)
      • †Creagroparaberotha Makarkin, 2015 Burmese amber, Cenomanian
      • †Eorhachiberotha Engel, 2004 Burmese amber, Cenomanian
      • †Kujiberotha Nakamine & Yamamoto, 2018 Kuji amber, Japan, Late Cretaceous (Santonian)
      • †Micromantispa Shi et al., 2015 Burmese amber, Cenomanian
      • †Paraberotha Whalley, 1980 Lebanese amber, Barremian
      • †Raptorapax Petrulevicius et al., 2010 Lebanese amber, Barremian
      • †Retinoberotha Schlüter, 1978 Bezonnais amber, France, Cenomanian
      • †Rhachibermissa Grimaldi, 2000 New Jersey amber, Late Cretaceous (Turonian)
      • †Scoloberotha Engel & Grimaldi, 2008 Burmese amber, Cenomanian
      • †Spinoberotha Nel et al., 2005 Lebanese amber, Barremian
      • †Stygioberotha Nakamine et al, 2020 Burmese amber, Cenomanian
      • †Uranoberotha Nakamine et al, 2020 Burmese amber, Cenomanian
    • Rhachiberothinae Tjeder, 1959
      • Hoelzeliella Aspöck & Aspöck, 1997
      • Mucroberotha Tjeder, 1959
      • Rhachiberotha Tjeder, 1959
      • Rhachiella Aspöck, Aspöck, Johnson, Donga & Duelli, 2020
      • †Whalfera Engel, 2004 Baltic amber, Eocene
    • Incertae sedis
      • †Oisea Nel et al., 2005 Oise amber, France, Eocene (Ypresian)
      • †Paradoxoberotha Nakamine et al. 2022 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian


References
  1. Nakamine, Hiroshi; Yamamoto, Shuhei (2018-12-04). "A new genus and species of thorny lacewing from Upper Cretaceous Kuji amber, northeastern Japan (Neuroptera, Rhachiberothidae)". ZooKeys (802): 109–120. doi:10.3897/zookeys.802.28754. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 6290048. PMID 30568531.
  2. Ardila-Camacho, Adrian; Martins, Caleb Califre; Aspöck, Ulrike; Contreras-Ramos, Atilano (2021-06-28). "Comparative morphology of extant raptorial Mantispoidea (Neuroptera: Mantispidae, Rhachiberothidae) suggests a non-monophyletic Mantispidae and a single origin of the raptorial condition within the superfamily". Zootaxa. 4992 (1): 1–89. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4992.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.


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