Calopterygoidea Explained
Calopterygoidea is a superfamily of damselflies in the order Odonata.[1]
Families
- Amanipodagrionidae Dijkstra & Ware, 2021
- 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 Kalkman & Sanchez Herrera, 2021
- Mesopodagrionidae Kalkman & Abbott, 2021
- Pentaphlebiidae Novelo-Gutiérrez, 1995
- Philogangidae Kennedy, 1920
- Philogeniidae Rácenis, 1959
- Philosinidae Kennedy, 1925
- Polythoridae Munz, 1919
- Priscagrionidae Kalkman & Bybee, 2021
- Protolestidae Dijkstra & Bybee, 2021
- Pseudolestidae Fraser, 1957
- Rhipidolestidae Silsby, 2001
- Rimanellidae Davies & Tobin, 1984
- Tatocnemididae Racenis, 1959
- 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.[2]
Notes and References
- 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 . en . 3703 . 1 . 36–45 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9 . free . 10072/61365 . free . 1175-5334 .
- Bybee . S. M. . Kalkman . V. J. . Erickson . R. J. . Frandsen . P. B. . Breinholt . J. W. . Suvorov . A. . Ware . J. L. . Phylogeny and classification of Odonata using targeted genomics . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 160 . 1–15 . 2021 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107115. 11093/2768 . free .
