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Mecoptera, Megaloptera and Neuroptera 

The insect order Neuroptera, or net-winged insects, includes the lacewings, mantisflies, antlions, and their relatives. The order consists of some 6,000 species. Neuroptera is grouped together with the Megaloptera (alderflies, fishflies, and dobsonflies) and Raphidioptera (snakeflies) in the unranked taxon Neuropterida (once known as Planipennia).

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Megaloptera

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Mecoptera

Hemerobiiformia

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Dilaridae 

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Coniopterygidae

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Hemerobiidae

Chrysopidae

Since they are the most familiar neuropterans to many people, they are often simply called "lacewings"

Mantispidae

As their names suggest, members of the group possess raptorial forelimbs similar to those of the praying mantis, a case of convergent evolution.

Hemerobiiformia

Chrysopidae

Chrysopide

Mantispidae

Mantispidae

Myrmeleontiformia (Myrmeleontidae, Nemopteridae) 

Myrmeleontiformia
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