Cordulegastroidea

Cordulegastroidea Temporal range: Barremian to present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Possible Late Jurassic record
Delta-spotted spiketail (Cordulegaster diastatops)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Clade:	Cavilabiata
Superfamily:	Cordulegastroidea Hagen, 1875
Families
3, see text
Synonyms
Chlorogomphida Bechly, 1996

Cordulegastroidea is a superfamily of dragonflies that contains three families. ^[1]

Families

This superfamily includes the following three families: ^{[1] [2]}

• Chlorogomphidae Needham, 1903
• Cordulegastridae Hagen, 1875
• Neopetaliidae Tillyard & Fraser, 1940

The oldest known fossil members of Cordulegastroidea are the family Mesochlorogomphidae (containing Mesochlorogomphus & Hispanochlorogomphus ) from the Barremian of England & Spain, and the family Araripechlorogomphidae (containing only Araripechlorogomphus ) from the late Aptian of Brazil, which are thought to be related to the Chlorogomphidae. ^{[3] [4]} The Hemeroscopidae Pritykina, 1977 from the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous may belong to this group as well. ^[5]

References

1. 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)". Zootaxa . 3703 (1). Magnolia Press: 36–45. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9 . hdl: 10072/61365 .
2. "World Odonata List (NEW)". www.pugetsound.edu. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
3. Fleck; et al. (2008). "New Lower Cretaceous 'libelluloid' dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata: Cavilabiata) with notes about estimated divergence dates for this group" (PDF). Palaeodiversity. 1: 19–36.
4. Nel, André; Ribeiro, Guilherme Cunha (2024-04-01). "New fossil wings shed light on Lower Cretaceous Araripechlorogomphidae and minimum age of the Chlorogomphoidea (Odonata: Anisoptera): Crato formation, Araripe Basin, NE Brazil". Cretaceous Research. 156 105811. Bibcode:2024CrRes.15605811N. doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105811 . ISSN   0195-6671.
5. Bechly, G.; Nel, A.; Martínez-Delclòs, X.; Fleck, G. (1998-01-01). "Four new dragonflies from the Upper Jurassic of Germany and the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia (Anisoptera: Hemeroscopidae, Sonidae, and Proterogomphidae fam. nov.)". Odonatologica. 27 (2): 149–187. ISSN   0375-0183.