Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Neuropterida
Ordo: Raphidioptera
Familiae: Inocelliidae - Raphidiidae - †Baissopteridae - †Chrysoraphidiidae - †Juroraphidiidae - †Mesoraphidiidae - incertae sedis

References

• Aspöck, H. 2002: The biology of Raphidioptera: a review of present knowledge. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 48: 35–50. PDF
• Bechly, G.; Wolf-Schwenninger, K. 2011: A new fossil genus and species of snakefly (Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae) from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber, with a discussion of snakefly phylogeny and fossil history. Insect systematics & evolution, 42(2): 221–236. DOI: 10.1163/187631211X568164

• Blades, D.C.A. 2019. Raphidioptera of Canada. Pp 383–386 In Langor, D.W. & Sheffield, C.S. (eds.). The Biota of Canada – A Biodiversity Assessment. Part 1: The Terrestrial Arthropods. ZooKeys 819: 520 pp. Reference page. . DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.819.26626 Reference page. 
• Liu, X., Ren, D., & Yang, D. 2014: New transitional fossil snakeflies from China illuminate the early evolution of Raphidioptera. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 14 (84). DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-14-84

• Makarkin, V.N.; Archibald, S.B. 2014: A revision of the late Eocene snakeflies (Raphidioptera) of the Florissant Formation, Colorado, with special reference to the wing venation of the Raphidiomorpha. Zootaxa 3784(4): 401–444. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3784.4.4 Reference page. 

• Pérez-de la Fuente, R., Peñalver, E., Delclòs, X. & Engel, M.S. 2012. Snakefly diversity in Early Cretaceous amber from Spain (Neuropterida, Raphidioptera). ZooKeys 204: 1–40. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.204.2740 . Reference page. 

• Shcherbakov, D.E. 2013: Permian ancestors of Hymenoptera and Raphidioptera. ZooKeys 358: 45-67. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.358.6289 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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