Campterophlebiidae

Campterophlebiidae Temporal range: Late Triassic–Early Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Epiprocta
Clade:	† Isophlebioptera
Clade:	† Isophlebiida
Superfamily:	† Isophlebioidea
Family:	† Campterophlebiidae Handlirsch 1920
Genera
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Campterophlebiidae is an extinct family of damsel-dragonflies native to Eurasia from the Late Triassic to the Early Cretaceous. ^[1]

Taxonomy

The family has around 40 recognised genera, with fossils known from China, Germany, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Luxembourg, Mongolia, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom. ^[2]

• Adelophlebia Pritykina, 1980
• Amnifleckia Zhang et al., 2006
• Angaroneura Pritykina, 1985
• Angustiphlebia Li et al., 2013
• Azarphlebia Nel & Huang, 2020 ^[3]
• Bathmophlebia Pritykina, 1970
• Bellabrunetia Fleck & Nel, 2002
• Campterophlebia Bode, 1905
• Ctenogampsophlebia Petrulevičius et al., 2011
• Dorsettia Whalley, 1985
• Gallodorsettia Nel & Weis, 2017
• Gampsophlebia Pritykina, 1980
• Honghea Zheng et al., 2018
• Hsiufua Zhang & Wang, 2013
• Hypsomelana Pritykina, 1968
• Hypsophlebia Pritykina, 1971
• Hypsothemis Pritykina, 1968
• Junfengi Zheng & Zhang, 2017
• Jurassophlebia Zheng et al., 2019
• Karatawia Martynov, 1925
• Lateophlebia Kelly & Nel, 2018 ^[1]
• Melanohypsa Pritykina, 1968
• Olonkia Pritykina, 1985
• Oreophlebia Pritykina, 1970
• Oshinia Pritykina, 1985
• Parabrunetia Huang et al., 2006
• Parafleckium Li et al., 2012
• Parasinitsia Tian et al., 2023 ^[4]
• Parazygokaratawia Huang et al., 2018
• Petrophlebia Tillyard, 1925
• Pritykinia Nel et al., 2009
• Pternopteron Pritykina, 1970
• Qibinlina Huang & Nel, 2009
• Sagulia Pritykina, 1970
• Sarytashia Pritykina, 1970
• Sibirioneura Pritykina, 1985
• Sinitsia Pritykina, 2006
• Sinokaratawia Nel et al., 2007
• Sogdophlebia Pritykina, 1970
• Xanthohypsa Pritykina, 1970
• Zygokaratawia Nel et al., 2008

Phylogeny

The family is placed as close relatives of the Isophlebiidae within the superfamily Isophlebioidea. ^[1]

Phylogenetic position of Campterophlebiidae after Deregnaucourt et al. 2023: ^[5]

Odonata  crown group Zygoptera (damselflies) Epiproctophora †Euthemistidae †Selenothemistidae †Archithemistidae †Campterophlebiidae †Isophlebiidae †Sphenophlebiidae †Asiopteridae †Cyclothemistidae †Erichschmidtiidae †Liassostenophlebiidae †Prostenophlebiidae †Stenophlebiidae †Myopophlebiidae †Heterophlebiidae †Liassophlebiidae †Parastenophlebiidae †Juragomphidae †Liassogomphidae †Aeschnidiidae Anisoptera (modern dragonflies)

References

1. Kelly, Richard S.; Nel, André (2018-01-02). "Revision of the damsel-dragonfly family Campterophlebiidae (Odonata) from the Early Jurassic of England reveals a new genus and species". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 42 (1): 87–93. doi:10.1080/03115518.2017.1377767. hdl: 1983/e56e40ba-31c6-4498-b309-d1d517727b9d . ISSN   0311-5518.
2. "Campterophlebiidae". Paleobiology Database . Retrieved 2025-05-27.
3. Nel, A.; Huang, D. (2020). "A new genus and species of damsel-dragonfly from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia (Odonata: Campterophlebiidae)" (PDF). Palaeoentomology. 3 (4): 357–360. doi:10.11646/palaeoentomology.3.4.6.
4. Tian, F.; Zheng, D.; Nel, A.; Ye, Y.; Mei, T.; Zhang, H. (2023). "A new campterophlebiid damsel-dragonfly (Odonata: Isophlebioidea) from the Middle Jurassic Yanan Formation of Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, NW China". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 22: 491–496. doi: 10.5852/cr-palevol2023v22a23 .
5. Deregnaucourt, Isabelle; Bardin, Jérémie; Villier, Loïc; Julliard, Romain; Béthoux, Olivier (August 2023). "Disparification and extinction trade-offs shaped the evolution of Permian to Jurassic Odonata". iScience. 26 (8): 107420. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2023.107420. PMC   10424082 . PMID   37583549.