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| Parababinskaia makarkini | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Superfamily: | Myrmeleontoidea |
| Family: | †Babinskaiidae Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1989 |
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Babinskaiidae is an extinct family of neuropterans known from the Cretaceous period of South America and Asia. They are part of the superfamily Myrmeleontoidea. Their distinguishing characters include: "long filiform antennae, narrowly elongated wings, with features such as trichosors, and presectorial cross veins present in both wings, and absence of forewing oblique vein".[1] They are considered transitional between Nymphidae and more derived myrmeleontodoids, such as antlions.[2]
- ^ Hu, Jiahui; Lu, Xiumei; Wang, Bo; Liu, Xingyue (2018-04-04). "Taxonomic notes on Babinskaiidae from the Cretaceous Burmese amber, with the description of a new species (Insecta, Neuroptera)". ZooKeys (748): 31–46. doi:10.3897/zookeys.748.24198. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 5904421. PMID 29674912.
- ^ Lu, Xiumei; Wang, Bo; Liu, Xingyue (2021-08-12). "New Cretaceous antlion-like lacewings promote a phylogenetic reappraisal of the extinct myrmeleontoid family Babinskaiidae". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 16431. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-95946-z. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 8361207. PMID 34385561.