Libelluloidea Temporal range: | |
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Orthetrum sabina | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Clade: | Cavilabiata |
Superfamily: | Libelluloidea Leach, 1815 [1] |
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4, see text | |
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Libelluloidea is a superfamily of dragonflies. [2]
A 2013 phylogenetic analysis suggests that this superfamily contains four families: [3] [2]
The following dragonfly families are now considered invalid or potentially disputed: [3] [4] [5] [6]
The following genera are no longer assigned to a family and are now placed incertae sedis within this superfamily, Libelluloidea: [2] [3]
The following extinct fossil taxa are also included in Libelluloidea: [6] [7]
This superfamily is one of two extant groups in the large, ancient clade Cavilabiata, in addition to Cordulegastroidea. [9] The oldest known member is Araripelibellula brittanica from the Berriasian of England. [10]