Libelluloidea
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Through Extinction
A 2013 phylogenetic analysis suggests that this superfamily contains four families:
- 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:
- 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:
- Apocordulia
- Archaeophya
- Austrocordulia
- Austrophya
- Cordulephya
- Gomphomacromia
- Hesperocordulia
- Idionyx
- Idomacromia
- Lathrocordulia
- Lauromacromia
- Macromidia
- Micromidia
- Neocordulia
- Neophya
- Nesocordulia
- Oxygastra
- Pseudocordulia
- Syncordulia
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Fossils
The following extinct fossil taxa are also included in Libelluloidea:
- †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. The oldest known member is Araripelibellula brittanica from the Berriasian of England.
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