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Hemiphlebiidae is a family of damselflies. It contains only one extant species, the ancient greenling, native to south-eastern Australia and Tasmania. The fossil record of the group extends back to the Late Jurassic, making them the oldest known crown group damselflies.

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monotypic taxon
Parent taxon
Lestoidea
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Hemiphlebia mirabilis LongSwamp091113-5940.jpg
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taxon name
Hemiphlebiidae
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family
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Hemiphlebiidae
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Category:Hemiphlebiidae
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Hemiphlebiidae is a family of damselflies. It contains only one extant species, the ancient greenling, native to south-eastern Australia and Tasmania. The fossil record of the group extends back to the Late Jurassic, making them the oldest known crown group damselflies.

== Taxonomy == Extant genus Hemiphlebia Selys, 1869, Australia, Extant.

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