Myrmeleontiformia

Myrmeleontiformia is a lacewing suborder in the order Neuroptera. The phylogeny of the Neuroptera has been explored using mitochondrial DNA sequences, and while issues remain for the group as a whole (the "Hemerobiiformia" being paraphyletic), the Myrmeleontiformia is generally agreed to be monophyletic, with one study giving the following cladogram:[1]

Neuroptera
 

Osmylidae (formerly in "Hemerobiiformia")

 
 
Most of former "Hemerobiiformia"
 

Mantispidae (mantidflies)

 
 
 

Ithonidae (moth lacewings)

 
 

Chrysopidae (green lacewings)

 
 
 
Myrmeleontiformia
 

Nymphidae (split-footed lacewings)

 
 
 

Myrmeleontidae (antlions)

 
 

Ascalaphidae (owlflies)

 
 
 
 
 

Myrmeleontiformia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Suborder: Myrmeleontiformia
Families

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