Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum, Lawrence, Kansas 66045-4415, USA; email:
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary History, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045-4415, USA.
Annu Rev Entomol. 2018 Jan 7;63:531-551. doi: 10.1146/annurev-ento-020117-043127.
The last 25 years of phylogenetic investigation into the three orders constituting the superorder Neuropterida-Raphidioptera, Megaloptera, and Neuroptera-have brought about a dramatic revision in our understanding of the evolution of lacewings, snakeflies, dobsonflies, and their diverse relatives. Phylogenetic estimations based on combined analyses of diverse data sources, ranging from adult and larval morphology to full mitochondrial genomic DNA, have begun to converge on similar patterns, many times in accordance with hypotheses put forth by Cyril Withycombe nearly a century ago. These data, in combination with information from the fossil record, have given a revised perspective on the historical evolution and classification of Neuropterida, necessitating an overhaul of their organization and providing focus and insight on fruitful future efforts for neuropterology.
过去 25 年对构成超目 Neuropterida-Raphidioptera、Megaloptera 和 Neuroptera 的三个目的系统发育研究，极大地改变了我们对脉翅目、蛇蛉目、长翅目及其多样亲缘类群的演化理解。基于对不同数据源（从成虫和幼虫形态到完整的线粒体基因组 DNA）的综合分析的系统发育估计，已经开始趋向于类似的模式，很多时候都与将近一个世纪前 Cyril Withycombe 提出的假说一致。这些数据，结合化石记录中的信息，为脉翅目历史演化和分类提供了一个新视角，需要对其组织进行全面修订，并为神经翅目学的未来研究提供重点和深入见解。
