""'Dicromantispa moronei " "'is an extinct species of mantidfly in the neuropteran family Mantispidae known from a fossil found in the Caribbean.
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"' Hemerobiidae "'is a family of Neuropteran insects commonly known as "'brown lacewings "', comprising about 500 species in 28 genera.
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The combination of costal space which lacks numerous crossveins, along with the multi-branched Rs1 and 1A veins, is a feature set found in another extinct Neuropteran family, Osmylopsychopidae.
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The neuropteran insects ( lacewings and their allies ) identified as of 2014 include species from the families Berothidae, Chrysopidae, Hemerobiidae, Ithonidae ( including Polystoechotidae ), Nymphidae, Osmylidae, and Psychopsidae.
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CuP ( cubitus posterior, the " rear elbow " ) venation is similar to members of the neuropteran families Brongniartiellidae and Osmylopsychopidae, in that the CuP in both families is short and not comb like.
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Remarkable examples of convergent evolution are certain species of the Neuropteran family Myrmeleontidae, largely " Myrmeleon ", the so-called ant lions, and the Dipteran family Vermileonidae, in particular the genera " Lampromyia " and " Vermilio ", the so-called worm lions.
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Many Old World species, however, are most active during the day, and are brightly colored many even hold their wings spread at rest like dragonflies; perhaps this is a form of mimicry to benefit from the fact that dragonflies are aggressive predators which smaller predatory insects ( for which the average neuropteran would be prey ) would be better to avoid.
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"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.
