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Rhachiberothidae |
| Thorny lacewings Fossil range: Early Cretaceous - Recent |
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The thorny lacewings, Rhachiberothidae, are a family of winged insects of the order Neuroptera.
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.1
A considerable number of prehistoric genera have been described from fossils dating back to the Early Cretaceous:
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