Myrmeleontiformia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Clade: | Geoneuroptera |
| Clade: | Myrmeleontiformia |
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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]
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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
- ^ Engel, M. S.; Winterton, S. L.; Breitkreuz, L. C. (2018). "Phylogeny and evolution of Neuropterida: where have wings of lace taken us?". Annual Review of Entomology. 63: 531–551. doi:10.1146/annurev-ento-020117-043127.
- ^ Yan, Y.; Wang Y; Liu, X.; Winterton, S.L.; Yang, D. (2014). "The First Mitochondrial Genomes of Antlion (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) and Split-footed Lacewing (Neuroptera: Nymphidae), with Phylogenetic Implications of Myrmeleontiformia". Int J Biol Sci. 10 (8): 895–908. doi:10.7150/ijbs.9454. PMC 4147223. PMID 25170303.
- ^ Engel, M. S.; Grimaldi, D. A. (2008). "Diverse Neuropterida in Cretaceous amber, with particular reference to the paleofauna of Myanmar (Insecta)". Nova Supplementa Entomologica. 20: 1–86.
External links
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