Libelluloidea
Superfamily of dragonflies
Libelluloidea | |
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Orthetrum sabina | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Superfamily: | Libelluloidea |
Families | |
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Libelluloidea is a superfamily of dragonflies.
A 2007 phylogenetic analysis suggests that this superfamily contains four families:[1]
- Corduliidae
- Gomphomacromiidae
- Libellulidae
- Macromiidae
Some authors include other families here, including Synthemistidae[2] and the monotypic Neopetaliidae.[3]
References
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- ^ 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.
- ^ Dijkstra, K. D. B., et al. (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.
- ^ 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.
- Data related to Libelluloidea at Wikispecies
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Extant Odonata families
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Subclass: Pterygota
- Superorder: Odonatoptera
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