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Libellulinae

Insecta - Odonata - Libellulidae

Taxonomy
Libellulinae was named by Rambur (1842). It is extant. Its type is Libellula.

It was assigned to Libellulidae by Nel and Paicheler (1993) and Steinmann (1997).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Libellulinae Rambur
1993Libellulinae Nel and Paicheler p. 166
1997Libellulinae Steinmann p. 372

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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
Neodonatoptera
Euodonatoptera
OdonatocladaBechly 1999
Nodialata
Discoidalia
Stigmoptera
Lobodonata
Panodonata
orderOdonata
Epiproctophora
EuepiproctophoraBechly 1998
Anisopteromorpha
RankNameAuthor
Trigonoptera
Pananisoptera
NeoanisopteraBechly 1998
suborderAnisopteraSelys-Longchamps and Hagen 1854
Euanisoptera
Exophytica
Cavilabiata
Cristotibiata
Brachystigmata
Paucipostnodalia
Eubrachystigmata
NeobrachystigmataBechly 2003
PaneurypalpidomorphaBechly 2003
EurypalpidomorphaBechly 2003
EurypalpidiformiaBechly 2003
Paneurypalpida
Eurypalpida
Neolamellida
Valvulida
Trichodopalpida
Laterocarinida
Mediocostida
Longiansida
Liberaponsida
Haplohamulida
Italoansida
Anauriculida
Libellulida
familyLibellulidaeRambur 1842
subfamilyLibellulinaeRambur 1842
subfamilyLibellulinaeRambur 1842

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.

Subfm. Libellulinae Rambur 1842
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G. Libellula Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. †Libellula (Heterophlebia) Westwood 1849
Libellula adriatica Bagli and Gentilini 2003
Libellula grandis Linnaeus 1758
Libellula kieseli Assmann 1870
Libellula mediterranea Gentilini 1989
Libellula oeningensis Koenig 1825
Libellula pannewitziana Goeppert 1855
Libellula pourqueryi Nicolas 1890
Libellula requieniana Nicolas 1890
Libellula sieboldiana Goeppert 1855
Libellula ukrainensis Nel et al. 2005
Invalid names: Libellula aglaia Heer 1861 [nomen nudum], Libellula knetti Handlirsch 1907 [nomen nudum], Platetrum Newman 1833 [synonym]
G. Orthemis Hagen 1861 [tropical king skimmer]
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Orthemis ferruginea Fabricius 1775
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available