Myrmeleontoidea
Superfamily of insects
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Myrmeleontoidea is a neuropteran superfamily in the clade Myrmeleontiformia.[1] The following families are included:[2][3]
| Myrmeleontoidea | |
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| Palpares libelluloides | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Clade: | Myrmeleontiformia |
| Superfamily: | Myrmeleontoidea |
| Families | |
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Superfamily Myrmeleontoidea (syn Nemopteroidea[4])
- Family Ascalaphidae: owlflies (included in Myrmeleontidae in some classifications)
- Family †Babinskaiidae
- Family †Cratosmylidae (includes Cratosmylus and Araripenymphes)[2]
- Family Myrmeleontidae: antlions (includes Palaeoleontidae)
- Family Nemopteridae: spoonwings
- Family Nymphidae: split-footed lacewings (including Myiodactylidae)
- Family †Rafaelianidae
