Myrmeleontiformia

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Neuropterida
Ordo: Neuroptera
Subordo: Myrmeleontiformia
Superfamiliae: Myrmeleontoidea – Nemopteroidea – Nymphoidea – incertae sedis

Name
Myrmeleontiformia

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]

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)

 
 
 
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.