Family Corduliidae Selys-Longchamps 1850 (green-eyed skimmer)

Insecta - Odonata - Corduliidae

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: Libelluloidea according to A. Goodman et al. 2026

See also Bechly 2005, Bechly 2007, Carpenter 1992, Gentilini 1992, Jarzembowski and Nel 1996, Nel and Paicheler 1994, Pritykina 1986 and Zhang 1989

Sister taxa: Condalia, Cordulephyidae, Gomphomacromiidae, Idionychidae, Libellula cassandra, Libellula ceres, Libellulidae, Macromiidae, Neophyidae, Synthemistidae

Subtaxa: Cellulocordulia Corduliinae Molercordulia Somatochlora Stenogomphus

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Type: Cordulia

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Turolian of France (2 collections)

• Miocene of Australia (1), Croatia (1), Germany (1), Italy (1), United States (1: Washington)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon)

• Eocene of Denmark (1), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: Colorado)

Total: 14 collections including 19 occurrences

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