Libelluloidea

Libelluloidea; Temporal range: Berriasian to present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Orthetrum sabina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Superfamily:	Libelluloidea; Leach, 1815
Families
	4, see text
Synonyms
	Anauriculida Bechly, 1996; Eurypalpidomorpha Bechly, 2003;

Libelluloidea is a superfamily of dragonflies.^[2]

A 2013 phylogenetic analysis suggests that this superfamily contains four families:^[3]^[2]

Corduliidae Selys, 1850
Libellulidae Leach, 1815
Macromiidae Needham, 1903
Synthemistidae Tillyard, 1911

Recent taxonomic changes

The following dragonfly families are now considered invalid or potentially disputed:^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

The following genera are no longer assigned to a family and are now placed incertae sedis within this superfamily, Libelluloidea:^[2]^[3]

Fossils

The following extinct fossil taxa are also included in Libelluloidea:^[6]^[7]

†Araripelibellulidae Bechly, 1996
†Araripephlebiidae Bechly, 1998
†Bolcacorduliidae Gentilini, 2002
†Eocorduliidae Bechly, 1996
†Palaeomacromiidae Petrulevicius et al. 1999
†Valdicorduliidae Bechly, 1996
†Urolibellulidae Zeiri, Nel, & Garrouste, 2015

This superfamily is one of two extant groups in the large, ancient clade Cavilabiata, in addition to Cordulegastroidea.^[8] The oldest known member is Araripelibellula brittanica from the Berriasian of England.^[9]

References

^ Leach, W.E. (1815). "Entomology". In Brewster, D. (ed.). The Edinburgh Encyclopedia. Vol. 9 (reprint 1830 ed.). Edinburgh: William Blackburn. pp. 57-172 [136].
^ ^a ^b ^c Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
^ ^a ^b ^c Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Bechly, Günter; Bybee, Seth M.; Dow, Rory A.; Dumont, Henri J.; Fleck, Günther; Garrison, Rosser W.; Hämäläinen, Matti; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Karube, Haruki; May, Michael L.; Orr, Albert G.; Paulson, Dennis R.; Rehn, Andrew C.; Theischinger, Günther; Trueman, John W.H.; Van Tol, Jan; von Ellenrieder, Natalia; Ware, Jessica (2013). "The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013)". Zootaxa. 3703 (1): 36–45. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9. hdl:10072/61365. ISSN 1175-5334.
^ Ware, J., May, M., & Kjer, K. (2007). Phylogeny of the higher Libelluloidea (Anisoptera: Odonata): an exploration of the most speciose superfamily of dragonflies. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 45(1), 289-310.
^ Carle, F. L., Kjer, K. M., & May, M. L. (2008). Evolution of Odonata, with special reference to Coenagrionoidea (Zygoptera). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 66(1), 37-44.
^ ^a ^b Sroka, Steven D.; Howells, Thomas F.; Nel, André (2023). "A new transitional "libelluloid" family of odonates with Mesozoic affinities in the Eocene Green River Formation of Utah, USA". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 68 (2): 337–342. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
^ Petrulevičius, Julián F; Nel, André (2003-07-01). "A new libelluloid dragonfly (Insecta: Odonata: Italoansida) from the late Paleocene of Argentina". Geobios. 36 (4): 401–406. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(03)00039-1. ISSN 0016-6995.
^ Lin, Qi-Bin; Huang, Di-Ying; Nel, A. (2007-05-10). "A new family of Cavilabiata from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation, China (Odonata: Anisoptera)". Zootaxa. 1469 (1): 59–64. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1469.1.4. ISSN 1175-5334.
^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-08-24.

Data related to Libelluloidea at Wikispecies

[Leach_1815_encyclopaedia-1] Leach, W.E. (1815). "Entomology". In Brewster, D. (ed.). The Edinburgh Encyclopedia. Vol. 9 (reprint 1830 ed.). Edinburgh: William Blackburn. pp. 57-172 [136].

[World_Odonata_List-2] Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.

[Dijkstra_2013-3] Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Bechly, Günter; Bybee, Seth M.; Dow, Rory A.; Dumont, Henri J.; Fleck, Günther; Garrison, Rosser W.; Hämäläinen, Matti; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Karube, Haruki; May, Michael L.; Orr, Albert G.; Paulson, Dennis R.; Rehn, Andrew C.; Theischinger, Günther; Trueman, John W.H.; Van Tol, Jan; von Ellenrieder, Natalia; Ware, Jessica (2013). "The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013)". Zootaxa. 3703 (1): 36–45. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9. hdl:10072/61365. ISSN 1175-5334.

[ware-4] Ware, J., May, M., & Kjer, K. (2007). Phylogeny of the higher Libelluloidea (Anisoptera: Odonata): an exploration of the most speciose superfamily of dragonflies. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 45(1), 289-310.

[5] Carle, F. L., Kjer, K. M., & May, M. L. (2008). Evolution of Odonata, with special reference to Coenagrionoidea (Zygoptera). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 66(1), 37-44.

[:0-6] Sroka, Steven D.; Howells, Thomas F.; Nel, André (2023). "A new transitional "libelluloid" family of odonates with Mesozoic affinities in the Eocene Green River Formation of Utah, USA". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 68 (2): 337–342. Retrieved 2024-08-24.

[7] Petrulevičius, Julián F; Nel, André (2003-07-01). "A new libelluloid dragonfly (Insecta: Odonata: Italoansida) from the late Paleocene of Argentina". Geobios. 36 (4): 401–406. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(03)00039-1. ISSN 0016-6995.

[8] Lin, Qi-Bin; Huang, Di-Ying; Nel, A. (2007-05-10). "A new family of Cavilabiata from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation, China (Odonata: Anisoptera)". Zootaxa. 1469 (1): 59–64. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1469.1.4. ISSN 1175-5334.

[9] "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-08-24.

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