Antlions, Owlflies, and Allies

Myrmeleontiformia

Field notes

Myrmeleontiformia is an insect clade in the order Neuroptera, and which was historically treated as a suborder. The phylogeny of the Neuroptera has been explored using mitochondrial DNA sequences, and while issues remain for the order as a whole, such as "Hemerobiiformia" being paraphyletic, Myrmeleontiformia is generally agreed to be monophyletic, with one study giving the following cladogram:

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Antlions, Owlflies, and Allies 71 native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native antlions, owlflies, and allies All

Native to the US, by observations.

Vella fallax 2,585 observations
Distoleon wilsoni 1 observations