Myrmeleontiformia is an insect clade in the order Neuroptera, and which was historically treated as a suborder.[1] The phylogeny of the Neuroptera has been explored using mitochondrial DNA sequences, and while issues remain for the order as a whole, such as "Hemerobiiformia" being paraphyletic, Myrmeleontiformia is generally agreed to be monophyletic, with one study giving the following cladogram:[2]
| Myrmeleontiformia | |
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| Myrmeleontiformia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Clade: | Geoneuroptera |
| Clade: | Myrmeleontiformia |
| Superfamilies | |
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| Neuroptera |
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Superfamilies and families
Clade Myrmeleontiformia
- Superfamily Myrmeleontoidea (syn Nemopteroidea[3])
- Family Ascalaphidae: owlflies (possibly in Myrmeleontoidea)
- Family †Babinskaiidae
- Family Myrmeleontidae: antlions (includes Palaeoleontidae)
- Family Nemopteridae: spoonwings etc (formerly in Myrmeleontoidea)
- Family Nymphidae: split-footed lacewings (includes Myiodactylidae)
- Family †Rafaelianidae
- Superfamily Psychopsoidea
- Family †Aetheogrammatidae
- Family †Kalligrammatidae
- Family †Osmylopsychopidae (syn †Brongniartiellidae)
- Family †Panfiloviidae (syn †Grammosmylidae)
- Family †Prohemerobiidae
- Family Psychopsidae: silky lacewings
References
External links
Media related to Myrmeleontiformia at Wikimedia Commons
