Parent taxon: Neoptera according to D. Eades 2012
Sister taxa: Ampelipteridae, Apheloneuridae, Aphryganoneura, Baryshnyalidae, Blattoneoptera, Climaconeura, Controversala, Ctenostematopteryx, Endoneoptera, Eopanorpella, Gelasopteridae, Glosselytrodea, Hemineoptera, Lemmatophoropsis, Marimerobius, Metropatorites, Micropalentomum, Ocellia, Orthoneoptera, Paoliida, Paraneoptera, Perielytron, Permembia, Protelytroptera, Protoperlaria, Protoprosbolidae, Saurodectidae, Saurophthiridae, Saurophthirus, Sphalmatoblattina, Synomaloptilidae, Teneopteridae, Tillyardites, Trachopterygidae, Trichorthophlebia, Uninervidae, Triadochorista schleeriethensis
Subtaxa: Alexarasniidae, Archaeorthoptera, Blattopteroidea, Dictyoptera, Gryllomantidae, Hadentomoidea, Hapalopteroidea, Mantoblattidae, Notoptera, Orthopterida, Orthopteroidea, Polyorthoptera, Polyplecoptera, Protorthoptera
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