Myrmeleontiformia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Neuroptera |
Suborder: | Myrmeleontiformia |
Superfamilies | |
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Myrmeleontiformia is a lacewing suborder in the order Neuroptera. The phylogeny of the Neuroptera has been explored using sequences, and while issues remain for the group as a whole (the "Hemerobiiformia" being paraphyletic), the Myrmeleontiformia is generally agreed to be monophyletic, giving the following cladogram:
Osmylidae (formerly in "Hemerobiiformia")
Mantispidae (mantidflies)
Ithonidae (moth lacewings)
Chrysopidae (green lacewings)
Nymphidae (split-footed lacewings)
Myrmeleontidae (antlions)
Ascalaphidae (owlflies)