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Libelluloidea

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Libelluloidea is a superfamily of dragonflies. It contains 13 families:

Species

Superfamily

  1. PhylumArthropoda
  2. ClassInsecta
  3. OrderOdonata
Habitatfreshwater

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Epiprocta
Image
Green Marsh Hawk (Orthetrum sabina) W IMG 1681.jpg
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taxon rank
superfamily
Commons category
Libelluloidea
taxon name
Libelluloidea
topic's main category
Category:Libelluloidea
taxon common name
蜻蜓總科
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Some taxonomic history
  • Fossils
  • References

Libelluloidea is a superfamily of dragonflies. It contains 13 families: Aeschnosomatidae Goodman, Abbott, Bybee, Ehlert, Frandsen, Guralnick, Kalkman, Newton, Pinto & Ware, 2025 Austrocorduliidae Bechly, 1996 Corduliidae Selys, 1850 Gomphomacromiidae Tillyard & Fraser, 1940 Idionychidae Tillyard & Fraser, 1940 Idomacromiidae Tillyard & Fraser, 1940 Lauromacromiidae Goodman, Abbott, Bybee, Ehlert, Frandsen, Guralnick, Kalkman, Newton, Pinto & Ware, 2025 Libellulidae Leach, 1815 Macromidiidae Goodman, Abbott, Bybee, Ehlert, Frandsen, Guralnick, Kalkman, Newton, Pinto & Ware, 2025 Macromiidae Needham, 1903 Neophyidae Tillyard & Fraser, 1940 Pseudocorduliidae Lohmann, 1996 Synthemistidae Tillyard, 1911

==Some taxonomic history== In 2025 a significant revision of this superfamily using morphological and molecular techniques added three families and restored six families. Since 2013 the following dragonfly families have been considered invalid or potentially disputed: Cordulephyidae Oxygastridae Hemicorduliidae Urothemistidae

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