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