NOMEN: Eumegaloptera Riek 1974: 22 [E.F. Riek. Upper Triassic insects from the Molteno "Formation", South Africa. – Palaeontologia Africana, 1974, 17: 19-31]
ORIGINAL LISTED MEMBERSHIP (Riek
1974):
TYPIFIED NAME IN BASIC FORMAT: Corydalus/f=Chauliodes/g (sine Sialis)
TYPIFIED NAMES IN USE: Corydalida, Corydalina, Corydalidae, Corydalinae
MODERN
STATUS: 
the valid, the
oldest name of a generally accepted, holophyletic taxon.
Systematic position of Eumegaloptera:
| Neuropteroidea Birostrata Rhaphidioptera Meganeuroptera Nothomegaloptera Eumegaloptera |