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Ululodinae

Subfamily of insects

Ululodinae

Ululodes mexicanus in hunting posture
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Neuroptera
Family:	Ascalaphidae
Subfamily:	Ululodinae van der Weele, 1908
Genera
Ameropterus Ascalorphne Cordulecerus Ululodes

Ululodinae is a subfamily^[1] or tribe (as Ululodini)^[2] of owlflies. Both they and the Ascalaphinae are sometimes known as split-eyed owlflies due to the characteristic ridge that bisects their compound eyes.

References

^ Jones, Joshua R. (6 October 2019). "Total-evidence phylogeny of the owlflies (Neuroptera, Ascalaphidae) supports a new higher-level classification". Zoologica Scripta. 48 (6): 761–782. doi:10.1111/zsc.12382.
^ Machado, R. J. P.; Gillung, J. P.; Winterton, S. L.; Garzon-Orduña, I. J.; Lemmon, A. R.; Lemmon, E. M.; Oswald, J. D. (2018). "Owlflies are derived antlions: Anchored phylogenomics supports a new phylogeny and classification of Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera)". Systematic Entomology. 44 (2): 418–450. doi:10.1111/syen.12334.

Extant Neuroptera families

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Holometabola

Basal
Osmylidae (osmylids) Nevrorthidae

Suborder Hemerobiiformia

Ithonioidea	Ithonidae (moth lacewings)
Chrysopoidea	Chrysopidae (green lacewings)
Hemerobioidea	Hemerobiidae (brown lacewings)
Coniopterygoidea	Coniopterygidae (dustywings) Sisyridae (spongeflies or spongillaflies)
Mantispoidea	Dilaridae (pleasing lacewings) Mantispidae (mantidflies) Rhachiberothidae (thorny lacewings) Berothidae (beaded lacewings)

Suborder Myrmeleontiformia

Nemopteroidea	Psychopsidae (silky lacewings) Nemopteridae (spoonwings)
Myrmeleontoidea	Nymphidae (split-footed lacewings) Myrmeleontidae (antlions) Ascalaphidae (owlflies)