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Libelluloidea

Insecta - Odonata

Taxonomy
Libelluloidea is a superfamily. It is extant. Its type is Libellula.

It was assigned to Anisoptera by Gentilini (1992) and Nel and Martínez-Delclòs (1993); and to Odonata by Nel et al. (1999).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Libellula ceres Hagen p. 260 figs. Pl 44, figs 9-11; pl 45, figs 5-12
1863Libellula cassandra Hagen p. 264 figs. Pl 45, figs 1-4
1890Libellula cassandra Kirby p. 167
1890Libellula ceres Kirby p. 167
1992Libelluloidea Gentilini
1993Libelluloidea Nel and Martínez-Delclòs
1999Libelluloidea Nel et al. p. 66

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
Euhydropalaeoptera
OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
Palaeodonatoptera
Plesiodonatoptera
Apodonatoptera
Paneodonatoptera
RankNameAuthor
Neodonatoptera
Euodonatoptera
OdonatocladaBechly 1999
Nodialata
Discoidalia
Stigmoptera
Lobodonata
Panodonata
orderOdonata
Epiproctophora
EuepiproctophoraBechly 1998
Anisopteromorpha
Trigonoptera
Pananisoptera
NeoanisopteraBechly 1998
suborderAnisopteraSelys-Longchamps and Hagen 1854
superfamilyLibelluloidea
superfamilyLibelluloidea

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Superfm. Libelluloidea
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G. †Condalia Whalley and Jarzembowski 1985
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Condalia woottoni Whalley and Jarzembowski 1985
Fm. Macromiidae Tillyard 1917
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G. Epophthalmia Burmeister 1839
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Epophthalmia zotheca Zhang 1989
G. Macromia Rambur 1842 [river cruiser]
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Macromia amphigena Selys 1871
Macromia pilifera Lin 1982
Invalid names: Laragithemis Lin 1982 [synonym]
Invalid names: Libellula cassandra Hagen 1863 [nomen dubium], Libellula ceres Hagen 1863 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available