Berothidae

Taxobox
name = Beaded lacewings
fossil_range=Late Cretaceous - Recent
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
superordo = Endopterygota or Neuropterida
ordo = Neuroptera
subordo = Hemerobiiformia
superfamilia = Mantispoidea
familia = Berothidae
familia_authority =
subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies
subdivision =
Cyrenoberothinae

Berothinae

Nosybinae

Nyrminae

Protobiellinae

Trichomatinae
and see text

The beaded lacewings, Berothidae, are a family of winged insects of the order Neuroptera.

They are very closely related to the thorny lacewings (Rhachiberothidae) which were long included in the Berothidae but increasingly are considered distinct again. The mantidflies (Mantispidae) are another group of rather close relatives, and at least some of the probably paraphyletic group of fossil forms collectively called "Mesithonidae" also seem to be quite close. [See references in Haaramo (2008)]

ystematics

The peculiar genus "Lomamyia" cannot be robustly assigned to any one subfamily. In addition, a considerable fossil diversity of beaded lacewings is known from the Late Cretaceous onwards, containing numerous genera which are likewise basal or "incertae sedis":
* "Banoberotha"
* "Jersiberotha"
* "Nascimberotha"
* "Microberotha"
* "Plesiorobius" - validity doubtful
* "Proberotha"

Footnotes

References

* (2008): Mikko's Phylogeny Archive: [http://www.helsinki.fi/~mhaaramo/metazoa/protostoma/arthropoda/insecta/neuropterida/neuroptera.html Neuroptera] . Version of 2008-MAR-11. Retrieved 2008-APR-27.