Myrmeleontoidea

Myrmeleontoidea
Palpares libelluloides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Neuroptera
Clade:	Myrmeleontiformia
Superfamily:	Myrmeleontoidea
Families
Ascalaphidae †Babinskaiidae †Cratosmylidae Myrmeleontidae Nemopteridae Nymphidae †Rafaelianidae

Myrmeleontoidea is a neuropteran superfamily in the clade Myrmeleontiformia. ^[1] The following families are included: ^{[2] [3]}

Superfamily Myrmeleontoidea (syn Nemopteroidea ^[4] )

• Family Ascalaphidae: owlflies (included in Myrmeleontidae in some classifications)
• Family †Babinskaiidae
• Family †Cratosmylidae (includes Cratosmylus and Araripenymphes ) ^[2]
• Family Myrmeleontidae: antlions (includes Palaeoleontidae)
• Family Nemopteridae: spoonwings
• Family Nymphidae: split-footed lacewings (including Myiodactylidae)
• Family †Rafaelianidae

References

1. Jones, J. (2019). "Total‐evidence phylogeny of the owlflies (Neuroptera, Ascalaphidae) supports a new higher‐level classification". Zoologica Scripta. 48 (6): 761–782. doi:10.1111/zsc.12382.
2. Makarkin, Vladimir N.; Heads, Sam W.; Wedmann, Sonja (October 2017). "Taxonomic study of the Cretaceous lacewing family Babinskaiidae (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontoidea: Nymphidoidae), with description of new taxa". Cretaceous Research. 78: 149–160. doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.06.007 . ISSN   0195-6671.
3. 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.
4. 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.