Microminae
Subfamily of insects
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Microminae is a subfamily of neuropteran insects of the family Hemerobiidae.[1]
| Microminae | |
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| Micromus africanus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Family: | Hemerobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Microminae Krueger, 1922[1] |
Includes the genera Micromus (with global distribution), Nusalala (with Neotropical distribution), Noius[2] (New Caledonia), and Megalomina (Australia and New Guinea).[3]
The subfamily is characterized by a single unambiguous synapomorphy, male abdominal tergites 9 and 10 fused (49:1), and two homoplasious transformations (23:1 and 37:1).[4]
Recent studies place Drepanepteryginae as the sister subfamily of Microminae, with its last common ancestor estimated to have lived between 131-141 million years ago. The same study places the last common ancestor of all Microminae somewhere in between 112 and 118 million years ago.[3]