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Checklist for Suborder Myrmeleontiformia Henry, 1982
and region America (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1321
50475
424947
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1315
50409
424765
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1179
49568
420027
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Neuropterida
Aspöck, Gusenleithner & Malicky, 1999
36
404
2547
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Neuroptera
Linnaeus, 1758
And Allies, Ant lions, Ant-lions, Antlions, Lacewing
29
362
2361
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Myrmeleontiformia
Henry, 1982
8
145
675
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for America
8 Families width 675 Species and 14 Subspecies
Ascalaphidae Rambur, 1842Owlflies123SpeciesTaxom
Kalligrammatidae Handlirsch, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Myrmeleontidae Latreille, 1802Ant lions500SpeciesTaxom
Nemopteridae Rambur, 1842Spoonwings20SpeciesTaxom
Nymphidae Rambur, 1842Split-footed lacewing4SpeciesTaxom
Osmylopsychopidae Martynova, 19490SpeciesTaxom
Palaeoleontidae Martins-Neto, 1992Ant lion18SpeciesTaxom
Psychopsidae Handlirsch, 1906Silky lacewing8SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Myrmeleontiformia with occurrences in America
SuperfamilyMyrmeleontoidea
Latreille, 1802
4
125
645
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyNemopteroidea
Burmeister, 1839
2
15
22
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyPsychopsoidea
Handlirsch, 1906
2
5
8
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Myrmeleontiformia at itis.gov