Myrmeleontoidea Explained

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

Notes and 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 . 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. 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.06.007. 0195-6671. free.
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 . 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.