Pistillifera

{{Short description|Suborder of insects}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Pistillifera

| authority = R. Willman 1987

| subdivision_ranks = Families

| subdivision =

• Panorpoidea
• †Australochoristidae
• †Austropanorpidae
• †Cantabridae
• †Dinopanorpidae
• †Eorpidae
• †Holcorpidae
• †Orthophlebiidae
• Panorpidae (common scorpionflies)
• Panorpodidae (short-faced scorpionflies)
• †Protorthophlebiidae
• †Worcestobiidae
• Raptipedia
• Bittacidae (hangingflies)
• †Cimbrophlebiidae

}}

Pistillifera is a suborder of endopterygote insects within the Mecoptera that contains the scorpionflies and hangingflies. It was described by R. Willmann in 1987.{{cite journal |last=Willmann |first=R. |year=1987 |title=The phylogenetic system of the Mecoptera |journal=Systematic Entomology |volume=12 |issue=4 |pages=519–524|doi=10.1111/j.1365-3113.1987.tb00222.x |bibcode=1987SysEn..12..519W }}