Superfamily Myrmeleontoidea Latreille 1802 (lacewing)
Synonyms: Ascalaphoidea Lefebure 1842, Nymphoidea Rambur 1842
Full reference: P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. 3:1-467
Parent taxon: Myrmeleontiformia according to M. S. Engel et al. 2018
See also Dobruskina et al. 1997, Engel and Grimaldi 2008, Heads et al. 2005, Makarkin et al. 2013, Martins-Neto 2002 and Martynova 1949
Sister taxa: Ankyloleon, Cladofer, Guyiling, Kuafupolydentes, Macleodiella, Nemopteroidea, Psychopsoidea
Subtaxa: Adelpholeon Babinskaiidae Burmitus Chrysoleonites Cratosmylidae Cretoleon Diodontognathus Electrocaptivus Mesoptynx Microsmylus Myrmeleontidae Myrmeleontoidae Nemopteridae Nymphidae Nymphidoidae Rafaelianidae
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