Coniopterygidae

Taxonavigation

Heteroconis ornata, length about 3.5 mm

Heteroconis ornata (larva), length about 2 mm

Taxonavigation: Coniopterygoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Neuropterida Ordo: Neuroptera Subordo: Hemerobiiformia Superfamilia: Coniopterygoidea

Familia: Coniopterygidae
Subfamiliae (3): Aleuropteryginae - Brucheiserinae - Coniopteryginae - †Cretaconiopteryginae

Name

• Coniopterygidae Burmeister, 1839

References

• 2013: DOI: 10.1206/3770.2
• Engel, M.S. 2004: The dustywings in Cretaceous Burmese amber (Insecta: Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae). Journal of systematic palaeontology, 2(2): 133–136. DOI: 10.1017/S1477201904001191
• Engel, M.S. 2010: A new genus of dustywings allied to Archiconiocompsa in Baltic Amber (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae). Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 113(3&4): 145–150. DOI: 10.1660/062.113.0301
• Johnson, V. 1980. New Species of Coniopterygidae (Neuroptera) From North America. Psyche 87(3–4): 181–192. (BHL) Reference page. 
• Liu, X. & Lu, X. 2017. A remarkable new genus of Cretaceous dustywings (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae) in amber from northern Myanmar. Zoological Systematics 42(3): 380-389. DOI: 10.11865/zs.201716 Reference page. 
• Martins, C.C. & Amorim, D de S. 2016. Brazilian dustywings (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae): new species of Incasemidalis Meinander, 1972 and Coniopteryx Curtis, 1834, checklist and key for the Brazilian species. Zootaxa 4083(2): 257–289. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4083.2.6.Reference page. 
• Meinander, M. 1972: A revision of the family Coniopterygidae (Planipennia). Acta zoologica fennica, 136: 1–357. [not seen]
• Meinander, M. 1990: The Coniopterygidae (Neuroptera, Planipennia). A check-list of the species of the world, descriptions of new species and other new data. Acta zoologica fennica, 189: 1–95. [not seen]
• Sziráki, G. 2010: Taxonomic and nomenclatural questions of some coniopterygid species (Neuroptera). Folia Historico Naturalia Musei Matraensis, 34: 141–150. PDF
• Zimmermann D., Klepal W., Aspöck U. (2009): The first holistic SEM study of Coniopterygidae (Neuroptera: Insecta) – structural evidence and phylogenetic implications. European Journal of Entomology. 106(4): 651–662. (PDF)

Vernacular names

English: Dustywings
suomi: Vahakorennot
polski: bielotkowate
svenska: Vaxsländor

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