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Historical grouping of damselflies

Brachytronidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Superfamily: Aeshnoidea
Family: Brachytronidae
Cockerell, 1913

Brachytronidae was formerly considered a distinct family of dragonflies occurring in Australia. Up until recently, Dendroaeschna had been its only genus, and that is now placed in the family Aeshnidae. Brachytronidae is no longer recognised.

References

  1. ^ Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia (First ed.). Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.
  2. ^ Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Bechly, Günter; Bybee, Seth M.; Dow, Rory A.; Dumont, Henri J.; Fleck, Günther; Garrison, Rosser W.; Hämäläinen, Matti; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Karube, Haruki; May, Michael L.; Orr, Albert G.; Paulson, Dennis R.; Rehn, Andrew C.; Theischinger, Günther; Trueman, John W.H.; Van Tol, Jan; von Ellenrieder, Natalia; Ware, Jessica (2013). "The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013)". Zootaxa. 3703 (1): 36–45. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9. hdl:10072/61365. ISSN 1175-5334.
  3. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
Extant Odonata families
Suborder Zygoptera
Calopterygoidea
Coenagrionoidea
Lestoidea
Platystictoidea
Suborder Anisozygoptera
Epiophlebiidae
Suborder Anisoptera
Aeshnoidea
Cordulegastroidea
Gomphoidea
Libelluloidea
Petaluroidea
Taxon identifiers
Brachytronidae
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