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
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]

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

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

References

  1. 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.
  2. "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  3. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. 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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