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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1156
31409
217039
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1150
31356
216933
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1053
30832
214432
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Neuropterida
Aspöck, Gusenleithner & Malicky, 1999
28
209
937
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Neuroptera
Linnaeus, 1758
And Allies, Ant lions, Ant-lions, Antlions, Lacewing
22
177
813
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Myrmeleontiformia
Henry, 1982
6
62
271
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for North America
6 Families width 271 Species and 7 Subspecies
Ascalaphidae Rambur, 1842Owlflies34SpeciesTaxom
Myrmeleontidae Latreille, 1802Ant lions222SpeciesTaxom
Nemopteridae Rambur, 1842Spoonwings7SpeciesTaxom
Osmylopsychopidae Martynova, 19490SpeciesTaxom
Palaeoleontidae Martins-Neto, 1992Ant lion2SpeciesTaxom
Psychopsidae Handlirsch, 1906Silky lacewing6SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Myrmeleontiformia with occurrences in North America
SuperfamilyMyrmeleontoidea
Latreille, 1802
3
53
258
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyNemopteroidea
Burmeister, 1839
1
6
7
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyPsychopsoidea
Handlirsch, 1906
2
3
6
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Myrmeleontiformia at itis.gov