NOMEN: Emmenognatha Börner 1904 [C. Börner. Zur Systematic der Hexapoden. – Zool. Anz, 1904, 27: 511-533]
ORIGINAL LISTED MEMBERSHIP (Borner 1904):
[Raphidia/fg + Corydalus/f=Chauliodes/g + Sialis/fg] (= "Sialidae")
SENIOR CIRCUMSCRIPTIONAL SYNONYM:
= Megaloptera Latreille 1802 (non 1806, nec Burmeister 1839)
JUNIOR CIRCUMSCRIPTIONAL SYNONYM:
= Megalopteroidea Krausse & Wolff 1919
= Panmegaloptera Shcherbakov 2013
TYPIFIED NAME IN BASIC FORMAT: Raphidia/fg (incl. Chauliodes, Sialis)
TYPIFIED NAMES IN USE: -
MODERN STATUS: the valid (while not the oldest) name for a taxon which some (but not all) authors accept and regard as holophyletic. Systematic position and classification of Emmenognatha:
| Neuropteroidea Birostrata Emmenognatha Rhaphidioptera Meganeuroptera Eumegaloptera Nothomegaloptera |
COMMENT. The name Emmenognatha Borner 1904 should be regarded as valid, instead of the suppressed older name Megaloptera Latreille 1802.