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A revision of the family Rhachiberothidae Tjeder, 1959, stat.n. (Neuroptera)
Author(s) -
ASPÖCK U.,
MANSELL M. W.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
systematic entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1365-3113
pISSN - 0307-6970
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1994.tb00587.x
Subject(s) - neuroptera , biology , subfamily , sister group , zoology , monophyly , phylogenetic tree , clade , ecology , genetics , gene , predation
. The subfamily Rhachiberothinae Tjeder, 1959, originally included in the Berothidae and recently transferred to the Mantispidae, is revised and elevated to family rank. A historical review and redescriptions of the family Rhachiberothidae stat.n. and of the genera Rhachiberotha Tjeder, 1959, and Mucroberotha Tjeder, 1959, are presented. Five new species, R.ingwe, R.sheilae, M.aethiopica, M.angolana and M.minted , are described and differentiated from the five hitherto‐known species. The hypothesis of a sister‐group relationship of the Rhachiberothidae to the Berothidae is re‐established. The phylogenetic position of the Dilaridae as an adelphotaxon of the monophyletic group ([Rhachiberothidae + Berothidae] + Mantispidae) is discussed.