Calopterygoidea
Calopterygoidea is a superfamily of damselflies in the order Odonata. There are at least 20 families and more than 1,000 described species in Calopterygoidea.[1][2][3][4]
Calopterygoidea | |
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Austroargiolestes icteromelas, Common Flatwing (male), Australia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Superfamily: | Calopterygoidea Selys, 1850 |
Families
These 20 families belong to the superfamily Calopterygoidea:[1][3]
- Amphipterygidae Tillyard, 1917
- Argiolestidae Fraser, 1957
- Calopterygidae Selys, 1850 (broad-winged damselflies)
- Chlorocyphidae Cowley, 1937
- Devadattidae Dijkstra, 2014
- Dicteriadidae Montgomery, 1959
- Euphaeidae Yakobson & Bianchi, 1905
- Heteragrionidae Rácenis, 1959
- Hypolestidae Fraser, 1938
- Lestoideidae Munz, 1919
- Megapodagrionidae Calvert, 1913
- Pentaphlebiidae Novelo-Gutiérrez, 1995
- Philogangidae Kennedy, 1920
- Philogeniidae Rácenis, 1959
- Philosinidae Kennedy, 1925
- Polythoridae Munz, 1919
- Pseudolestidae Fraser, 1957
- Rimanellidae Davies & Tobin, 1984
- Thaumatoneuridae Fraser, 1938
- † Pseudostenolestidae Garrouste & Nel 2015
Unplaced genera
Following molecular phylogenetic studies in 2013, the following genera under Calopterygoidea were considered "incertae sedis", without properly assigned families.[1][3]
Group 1
- Agriomorpha May, 1933
- Bornargiolestes Kimmins, 1936
- Burmargiolestes Kennedy, 1925
- Rhipidolestes Ris, 1912
Group 2
- Amanipodagrion Pinhey, 1962
Group 3
- Dimeragrion Calvert, 1913
- Heteropodagrion Selys, 1885
- Mesagrion Selys, 1885
Group 4
- Mesopodagrion McLachlan, 1896
Group 5
- Priscagrion Zhou & Wilson, 2001
- Sinocnemis Wilson & Zhou, 2000
Group 6
- Protolestes Fraser, 1899
Group 7
- Tatocnemis Kirby, 1889
Group 8
- Sciotropis Rácenis, 1959
References
- Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Dow, Rory A.; Stokvis, Frank R.; et al. (2014). "Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata)". Systematic Entomology. 39 (1): 68–96. doi:10.1111/syen.12035.
- "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Bechly, Günter; Bybee, Seth M.; Dow, Rory A.; et al. (2013). Zhang, Zhi-Qiang (ed.). "The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). In: Zhang Z-Q (ed) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classif. and survey of taxonomic richness (Addenda 2013)". Zootaxa. 3703 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9. hdl:10072/61365. ISBN 978-1-86977-849-1.
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