Myrmeleontiformia

Myrmeleontiformia
Myrmeleontiformia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Clade: Geoneuroptera
Clade: Myrmeleontiformia
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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)

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.