Calopterygoidea Explained

Calopterygoidea is a superfamily of damselflies in the order Odonata.

Families

• Amanipodagrionidae
• Amphipterygidae Tillyard, 1917
• Argiolestidae Fraser, 1957
• Calopterygidae Selys, 1850 (broad-winged damselflies)
• Chlorocyphidae Cowley, 1937
• Devadattidae Dijkstra, 2014
• Dicteriadidae Montgomery, 1959
• Euphaeidae Yakobson & Bianchi, 1905
• Heteragrionidae Rácenis, 1959
• Hypolestidae Fraser, 1938
• Lestoideidae Munz, 1919
• Megapodagrionidae Calvert, 1913
• Mesagrionidae
• Mesopodagrionidae
• Pentaphlebiidae Novelo-Gutiérrez, 1995
• Philogangidae Kennedy, 1920
• Philogeniidae Rácenis, 1959
• Philosinidae Kennedy, 1925
• Polythoridae Munz, 1919
• Protolestidae
• Pseudolestidae Fraser, 1957
• Rhipidolestidae
• Rimanellidae Davies & Tobin, 1984
• Tatocnemididae
• Thaumatoneuridae Fraser, 1938
• † Pseudostenolestidae Garrouste & Nel 2015

Unplaced genera

Following molecular phylogenetic studies in 2021, all of the genera under Calopterygoidea were placed into families except the genus Sciotropis Rácenis, 1959.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Seth M. Bybee et al. (2021) Phylogeny and classification of Odonata using targeted genomics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 160: 1-15