After Grimaldi & Engel, 2005, and Makarkin & Menon, 2007
<==o Ithonidae Newman, 1853 [incl. Rapismatidae Krüger, 1922] (moth lacewings) |--o Adamsiana | `-- A. curoei Penny, 1996 |--o Narodona | `-- N. mexicana |--o Oliarces | `-- O. clara Banks |--+--o Ithone newman | | |-- I. falcata | | |-- I. fulva Tillyard | | |-- I. fusca | | |-- I. pallida | | `-- I. westraliensis | |--o Megalithone Riek | | |-- m. megacerca (Tillyard) | | `-- M. tillyardi Riek | `-- Varnia Walker |== other recent genera `--+?- †Principiala incerta Makarkin & Menon, 2007: L.Cret. NESAm. `--o “Rapismatidae” Krüger, 1922 `--o Rapisma McLachlan |-- R. viridipenne Walker |-- R. malayanum `== other 18 sp.
Reference(s):
- Grimaldi, D. A. & Engel, M. S., 2005: Evolution of the Insects.
–Cambridge University Press, New York, 2005, xv-755 - Makarkin, V. N. & Menon, F., 2007: First record of fossil ‘rapismatid-like’ Ithonidae (Insecta, Neuroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil.
–Cretaceous Research: Vol. 28, pp. 743-753 [doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2006.11.003]