Superfamily Calopterygoidea Selys-Longchamps 1850 (damselfly)
Synonym: Chlorocyphoidea Cowley 1937
Full reference: E. Selys-Longchamps. 1850. Revue des odonates ou libellules d'Europe. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 6:1-408
Parent taxon: Calopterygomorpha according to G. Bechly 2007
See also Nel et al. 2017
Sister taxon: Calopterygiformia
Subtaxa: Calopterygidae Chlorocyphidae Euphaeidae Hypolestidae Polythoridae Protothore
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore