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Megapodagrionidae (flatwing)
Taxonomy
Megapodagrioninae was named by Tillyard (1917). It is extant. Its type is Megapodagrion.
It was misspelled as Megapodagrioniidae by Nel and Paicheler (1994) and Petrulevičius et al. (2008); it was reranked as the family Megapodagrionidae by Carpenter (1992) and Azar and Nel (2008).
It was assigned to Agrionidae by Tillyard (1917); to Zygoptera by Carpenter (1992); to Lestoidea by Nel and Paicheler (1994); and to Coenagriomorpha by Azar and Nel (2008) and Petrulevičius et al. (2008).
It was misspelled as Megapodagrioniidae by Nel and Paicheler (1994) and Petrulevičius et al. (2008); it was reranked as the family Megapodagrionidae by Carpenter (1992) and Azar and Nel (2008).
It was assigned to Agrionidae by Tillyard (1917); to Zygoptera by Carpenter (1992); to Lestoidea by Nel and Paicheler (1994); and to Coenagriomorpha by Azar and Nel (2008) and Petrulevičius et al. (2008).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1917 | Megapodagrioninae Tillyard p. 278 |
| 1992 | Megapodagrionidae Carpenter p. 85 |
| 1994 | Megapodagrioniidae Nel and Paicheler |
| 2008 | Megapodagrionidae Azar and Nel p. 451 |
| 2008 | Megapodagrioniidae Petrulevičius et al. |
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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.
Fm. Megapodagrionidae Tillyard 1917 [flatwing]
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G. Megapodagrion Selys-Longchamps 1885
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Invalid names: Podagrion Selys-Longchamps 1862 [replaced]
G. †Vulcagrion Nel and Paicheler 1994
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†Vulcagrion andancensis Nel et al. 1996
†Vulcagrion cantalensis Nel et al. 1996
†Vulcagrion propedamontanum Piton 1935
†Vulcagrion propedemontanum Piton 1935
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available