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Superfamily of dragonflies

Libelluloidea
Temporal range: Berriasian to present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Orthetrum sabina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Superfamily: Libelluloidea
Leach, 1815
Families

4, see text

Synonyms
  • Anauriculida Bechly, 1996
  • Eurypalpidomorpha Bechly, 2003

Libelluloidea is a superfamily of dragonflies.

A 2013 phylogenetic analysis suggests that this superfamily contains four families:

Recent taxonomic changes

The following dragonfly families are now considered invalid or potentially disputed:

The following genera are no longer assigned to a family and are now placed incertae sedis within this superfamily, Libelluloidea:

Fossils

The following extinct fossil taxa are also included in Libelluloidea:

This superfamily is one of two extant groups in the large, ancient clade Cavilabiata, in addition to Cordulegastroidea. The oldest known member is Araripelibellula brittanica from the Berriasian of England.

References

  1. Leach, W.E. (1815). "Entomology". In Brewster, D. (ed.). The Edinburgh Encyclopedia. Vol. 9 (reprint 1830 ed.). Edinburgh: William Blackburn. pp. 57-172 .
  2. ^ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. Ware, J., May, M., & Kjer, K. (2007). Phylogeny of the higher Libelluloidea (Anisoptera: Odonata): an exploration of the most speciose superfamily of dragonflies. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 45(1), 289-310.
  5. Carle, F. L., Kjer, K. M., & May, M. L. (2008). Evolution of Odonata, with special reference to Coenagrionoidea (Zygoptera). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 66(1), 37-44.
  6. ^ Sroka, Steven D.; Howells, Thomas F.; Nel, André (2023). "A new transitional "libelluloid" family of odonates with Mesozoic affinities in the Eocene Green River Formation of Utah, USA". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 68 (2): 337–342. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
  7. Petrulevičius, Julián F; Nel, André (2003-07-01). "A new libelluloid dragonfly (Insecta: Odonata: Italoansida) from the late Paleocene of Argentina". Geobios. 36 (4): 401–406. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(03)00039-1. ISSN 0016-6995.
  8. Lin, Qi-Bin; Huang, Di-Ying; Nel, A. (2007-05-10). "A new family of Cavilabiata from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation, China (Odonata: Anisoptera)". Zootaxa. 1469 (1): 59–64. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1469.1.4. ISSN 1175-5334.
  9. "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
Extant Odonata families
Suborder Zygoptera
Calopterygoidea
Coenagrionoidea
Lestoidea
Platystictoidea
Suborder Anisozygoptera
Epiophlebiidae
Suborder Anisoptera
Aeshnoidea
Cordulegastroidea
Gomphoidea
Libelluloidea
Petaluroidea
Taxon identifiers
Libelluloidea
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