Myrmeleontiformia

Myrmeleontiformia
	Myrmeleontiformia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Neuroptera
Suborder:	Myrmeleontiformia
Families
	Ascalaphidae; †Babinskaiidae; †Kalligrammatidae; Myrmeleontidae; Nemopteridae; Nymphidae; ; Psychopsidae; ;

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)

References[]

^ 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.

External links[]

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[Yan-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. PMC 4147223. PMID 25170303.

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