| Myrmeleontoidea | |
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| Palpares libelluloides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Clade: | Myrmeleontiformia |
| Superfamily: | Myrmeleontoidea |
| Families | |
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 (possibly in Myrmeleontoidea)
- Family †Babinskaiidae
- Family †Cratosmylidae (includes Cratosmylus and Araripenymphes)[2]
- Family Myrmeleontidae: antlions (includes Palaeoleontidae; possibly in Ascalaphidae)
- Family Nemopteridae: spoonwings etc
- Family Nymphidae: split-footed lacewings (including Myiodactylidae)
- Family †Rafaelianidae
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.