 The closest living relatives of antlions within the Myrmeleontoidea are the <unk> ( <unk> ) ; the <unk> are more distantly related . The extinct <unk> and <unk> are considered likely to be stem groups in the Myrmeleontiformia clade . The phylogeny of the Neuroptera has been explored using mitochondrial DNA sequences , and while issues remain for the group as a whole ( the " <unk> " being paraphyletic ) , the Myrmeleontiformia is generally agreed to be monophyletic , giving the following cladogram : 
