Myrmeleontiformia
# Myrmeleontiformia

Myrmeleontiformia is an insect clade in the order Neuroptera, and which was historically treated as a suborder. 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:

## Superfamilies and families

Clade Myrmeleontiformia

* Superfamily Myrmeleontoidea (syn Nemopteroidea)
   * 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
