The fossil record of
Mantispidae includes 12 described species that range
from the Early Jurassic to the Middle Miocene (Co-ckerel 1921; Panfilov 1980; Nel 1989; Makarkin 1990,
1997; Ohl 2004; Poinar 2006; Engel & Grimaldi 2007;
Wedmann & Makarkin 2007; Poinar & Buckley 2011).
A mantispid larva is known from the Late Eocene Baltic amber (Ohl 2011)