Libelluloidea
{{short description|Superfamily of dragonflies}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Libelluloidea
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Berriasian|present|Berriasian to present}}
| image = Green Marsh Hawk (Orthetrum sabina) W IMG 1681.jpg
| image_caption = Orthetrum sabina
| taxon = Libelluloidea
| authority = Leach, 1815{{cite book|last1=Leach|first1=W.E.|editor1-last=Brewster|editor1-first=D.|title=The Edinburgh Encyclopedia|date=1815|publisher=William Blackburn|location=Edinburgh|pages=57-172 [136]|edition=reprint 1830|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17493626|chapter=Entomology|year=|isbn=|volume=9}}
| subdivision_ranks = Families
| subdivision = 4, see text
| synonyms = * Anauriculida Bechly, 1996
- Eurypalpidomorpha Bechly, 2003
}}
Libelluloidea is a superfamily of dragonflies.{{World Odonata List}}
A 2013 phylogenetic analysis suggests that this superfamily contains four families:{{Cite journal |last=Dijkstra |first=Klaas-Douwe B. |last2=Bechly |first2=Günter |last3=Bybee |first3=Seth M. |last4=Dow |first4=Rory A. |last5=Dumont |first5=Henri J. |last6=Fleck |first6=Günther |last7=Garrison |first7=Rosser W. |last8=Hämäläinen |first8=Matti |last9=Kalkman |first9=Vincent J. |last10=Karube |first10=Haruki |last11=May |first11=Michael L. |last12=Orr |first12=Albert G. |last13=Paulson |first13=Dennis R. |last14=Rehn |first14=Andrew C. |last15=Theischinger |first15=Günther |last16=Trueman |first16=John W.H. |last17=Van Tol |first17=Jan |last18=von Ellenrieder |first18=Natalia |last19=Ware |first19=Jessica |date=2013 |title=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) |url=https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3703.1.9 |journal=Zootaxa |language=en |volume=3703 |issue=1 |pages=36–45 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9 |doi-access=free |hdl=10072/61365 |hdl-access=free |issn=1175-5334 }}
- 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:Ware, J., May, M., & Kjer, K. (2007). [http://www.cetpo.upol.cz/files/lib/26/724/libelulloidea-phylogeny.pdf 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). [http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/publikationen/arthropodsystematics/asp_66_1/66_1_carle_37-44.pdf Evolution of Odonata, with special reference to Coenagrionoidea (Zygoptera).] Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 66(1), 37-44.
- Pseudocorduliidae
- Gomphomacromiidae
- Cordulephyidae
- Austrocorduliidae
- Oxygastridae
- Idomacromiidae
- Hemicorduliidae
- Urothemistidae
The following genera are no longer assigned to a family and are now placed incertae sedis within this superfamily, Libelluloidea:
Fossils
The following extinct fossil taxa are also included in Libelluloidea:{{Cite journal |last=Sroka |first=Steven D. |last2=Howells |first2=Thomas F. |last3=Nel |first3=André |date=2023 |title=A new transitional "libelluloid" family of odonates with Mesozoic affinities in the Eocene Green River Formation of Utah, USA |url=https://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app010722023.html |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |language=en |volume=68 |issue=2 |pages=337–342 |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=}}{{Cite journal |last=Petrulevičius |first=Julián F |last2=Nel |first2=André |date=2003-07-01 |title=A new libelluloid dragonfly (Insecta: Odonata: Italoansida) from the late Paleocene of Argentina |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0016699503000391 |journal=Geobios |volume=36 |issue=4 |pages=401–406 |doi=10.1016/S0016-6995(03)00039-1 |issn=0016-6995|url-access=subscription }}
- †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.{{Cite journal |last=Lin |first=Qi-Bin |last2=Huang |first2=Di-Ying |last3=Nel |first3=A. |date=2007-05-10 |title=A new family of Cavilabiata from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation, China (Odonata: Anisoptera) |url=https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.1469.1.4 |journal=Zootaxa |language=en |volume=1469 |issue=1 |pages=59–64 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.1469.1.4 |issn=1175-5334|url-access=subscription }} The oldest known member is Araripelibellula brittanica from the Berriasian of England.{{Cite web |title=PBDB Taxon |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=204343 |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=paleobiodb.org}}
References
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