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Libelluloidea

Libelluloidea
Temporal range: Berriasian to present
Orthetrum sabina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Superfamily: Libelluloidea
Leach, 1815[1]
Families

4, see text

Synonyms
  • Anauriculida Bechly, 1996
  • Eurypalpidomorpha Bechly, 2003

Libelluloidea is a superfamily of dragonflies.[2]

A 2013 phylogenetic analysis suggests that this superfamily contains four families:[3][2]

Recent taxonomic changes

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The following dragonfly families are now considered invalid or potentially disputed:[3][4][5][6]

The following genera are no longer assigned to a family and are now placed incertae sedis within this superfamily, Libelluloidea:[2][3]

Fossils

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The following extinct fossil taxa are also included in Libelluloidea:[6][7]

This superfamily is one of two extant groups in the large, ancient clade Cavilabiata, in addition to Cordulegastroidea.[8] The oldest known member is Araripelibellula brittanica from the Berriasian of England.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Leach, W.E. (1815). "Entomology". In Brewster, D. (ed.). The Edinburgh Encyclopedia. Vol. 9 (reprint 1830 ed.). Edinburgh: William Blackburn. pp. 57-172 [136].
  2. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b 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.