Microminae


Microminae is a subfamily of neuropteran insects of the family Hemerobiidae.
Includes the genera Micromus, Nusalala, Noius, and Megalomina.
The subfamily is characterized by a single unambiguous synapomorphy, male abdominal tergites 9 and 10 fused, and two homoplasious transformations.
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.