Myrmeleontiformia

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

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, 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)






References

  1. ↑ 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.


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