Libelluloidea
Sign in to saveLibelluloidea is a superfamily of dragonflies. It contains 13 families:
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- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderOdonata
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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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