Belongs within: Neuroptera.
Contains: Ascalaphidae, Myrmeleontidae, Kalligrammatidae.
The Myrmeleontiformia are a lineage of lacewings including the ant-lions, owlflies and related taxa, united by the presence in larvae of a modified prementum resembling a labial palp segment, and by features of the adult genitalia (Grimaldi & Engel 2005).
<==Myrmeleontiformia [Myrmeleontoidea] GE05
|--+--Nymphitidae GE05
| |--Solenoptilidae GE05
| |--Brongniartiellidae GE05
| |--Petropsychops [Osmylopsychopidae] GE05
| | `--P. superba GE05
| `--+--+--Babinskaiidae GE05
| | |--Ascalaphidae GE05
| | `--Myrmeleontidae GE05
| `--Nymphidae GE05
| |--Mesonymphes rohdendorfi P02
| |--Nymphes GE05
| |--Myiodactylus [Myiodactylidae] GE05
| `--Osmylops GE05
`--+--Kalligrammatidae GE05
`--+--Psychopsidae GE05
| |--Calopsychops extinctus P02
| |--Kagapsychops continentalis P02
| |--Notopsychops zebra (Brauer 1889) (see below for synonymy) HM55
| `--Psychopsis insolens ZS10
`--Nemopteridae GE05
| i. s.: Marquettia americana GE05
| Nemopistha imperatrix (Westwood 1867) (see below for synonymy) HM55
|--Laurhervasia [Crocinae] GE05
| `--L. setacea GE05
`--Nemopterinae GE05
|--Nemoptera bipennis GE05
`--Chasmoptera Kirby 1900 K67
|--*C. hutti (Westwood 1848) [=Nemoptera huttii] K67
|--C. mathewsi Koch 1967 K67
`--C. superba Tillyard 1925 K67
Myrmeleontiformia incertae sedis:
Siniphes Ren & Yin 2002 RY02
`--*S. delicatus Ren & Yin 2002 RY02
Panfilovia Makarkin 1980 [Panfilovidae] R02
Grammolingiidae R02
|--Grammolingia Ren 2002 R02
| `--*G. boi Ren 2002 R02
|--Leptolingia Ren 2002 R02
| |--*L. jurassica Ren 2002 R02
| `--L. tianyiensis Ren 2002 R02
`--Litholingia Ren 2002 R02
|--*L. rhora Ren 2002 R02
|--L. eumorpha Ren 2002 R02
`--L. polychotoma Ren 2002 R02
Nemopistha imperatrix (Westwood 1867) [=Nemoptera imperatrix; incl. Halter remipennis Kirby 1900] HM55
Notopsychops zebra (Brauer 1889) [=Psychopsis zebra, Psychomorphe zebra, Zygophlebius zebra; incl. P. felina Navas 1912, Z. leoninus Navas 1910] HM55
*Type species of generic name indicated
REFERENCES
[GE05] Grimaldi, D., & M. S. Engel. 2005. Evolution of the Insects. Cambridge University Press: New York.
[HM55] Handschin, E. & W. Markl. 1955. Neuropteren aus Angola. Diamang Publicações Culturais 27: 65–82.
[K67] Koch, L. E. 1967. The genus Chasmoptera (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae), with the description of a new species from Western Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society, London (B) 36 (9-10): 137–146.
[P02] Ponomarenko, A. G. 2002. Superorder Myrmeleontidea Latreille, 1802 (=Neuropteroidea Handlirsch, 1903). In: Rasnitsyn, A. P. & D. L. J. Quicke (eds) History of Insects pp. 176–189. Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht.
[R02] Ren D. 2002. A new lacewing family (Neuroptera) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China. Entomologica Sinica 9 (4): 53–67.
[RY02] Ren D. & Yin J.-C. 2002. A new genus and new species of lacewings in the Jurassic of China (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontoidea). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 27 (2): 269–273.
[ZS10] Zborowski, P. & R. Storey. 2010. A Field Guide to Insects in Australia. Reed New Holland: Sydney.
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