Calopterygoidea

Superfamily of damselflies

Calopterygoidea

Austroargiolestes icteromelas, Common Flatwing (male), Australia
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Odonata
Suborder:  | Zygoptera
Superfamily:  | Calopterygoidea
Sélys, 1850[1]

Calopterygoidea is a superfamily of damselflies in the order Odonata.[2][3]

## Families

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* 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

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Following molecular phylogenetic studies in 2021, all of the genera under Calopterygoidea were placed into families except the genus Sciotropis Rácenis, 1959.[4][2]

## References

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1. ^ Selys-Longchamps, E. (1850). "Revue des odonates ou libellules d'Europe". Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège (in French). 6: 1-408 [133] - via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
2. ^ a b "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
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.
4. ^ Bybee, S. M.; Kalkman, V. J.; Erickson, R. J.; Frandsen, P. B.; Breinholt, J. W.; Suvorov, A.; Ware, J. L. (2021). "Phylogeny and classification of Odonata using targeted genomics". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 160: 1–15. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107115. hdl:11093/2768.

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Extant Odonata families

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Arthropoda
* Class: Insecta
* Subclass: Pterygota
* Superorder: Odonatoptera

Suborder Zygoptera

| Calopterygoidea|

* Amanipodagrionidae
* Amphipterygidae
* Argiolestidae
* Calopterygidae (jewelwings or demoiselles)
* Chlorocyphidae (jewels)
* Devadattidae
* Dicteriadidae (barelegs)
* Euphaeidae (gossamerwings)
* Heteragrionidae
* Hypolestidae
* Lestoideidae
* Megapodagrionidae (flatwings)
* Mesagrionidae
* Mesopodagrionidae
* Pentaphlebiidae
* Philogangidae
* Philogeniidae
* Philosinidae
* Polythoridae (bannerwings)
* Priscagrionidae
* Protolestidae
* Pseudolestidae
* Rhipidolestidae
* Rimanellidae
* Tatocnemididae
* Thaumatoneuridae

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Coenagrionoidea

* Coenagrionidae (narrow-winged or pond damselflies)
* Isostictidae (narrow-wings)
* Platycnemididae (white-legged damselflies)

Lestoidea|

* Hemiphlebiidae (ancient greenling)
* Lestidae (spreadwings)
* Perilestidae (shortwings)
* Synlestidae (sylphs or malachites)

Platystictoidea|

* Platystictidae (shadowdamsels)

Suborder Anisozygoptera

| Epiophlebiidae|

* Epiophlebia

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Suborder Anisoptera

| Aeshnoidea|

* Aeshnidae (hawkers or darners)
* Austropetaliidae

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Cordulegastroidea|

* Chlorogomphidae
* Cordulegastridae (spiketails)
* Neopetaliidae (Neopetalia punctata)

Gomphoidea|

* Gomphidae (clubtail dragonflies)

Libelluloidea|

* Corduliidae (emerald dragonflies or green-eyed skimmers)
* Libellulidae (skimmers or perchers)
* Macromiidae (cruisers or skimmers)
* Synthemistidae (tigertails)

Petaluroidea |

* Petaluridae (giant dragonfly and relatives)

Taxon identifiers

Calopterygoidea|

* Wikidata: Q4035771
* Wikispecies: Calopterygoidea
* AFD: Calopterygoidea
* BioLib: 16933
* EoL: 964
* Fauna Europaea: 11833
* Fauna Europaea (new): eabdf551-ef45-4d10-95b3-1b94fb1e9d69
* NCBI: 70893
* Open Tree of Life: 346418
* Paleobiology Database: 220890
* WoRMS: 890527

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