Megapodagrionidae

The Megapodagrionidae are a family of damselflies,^[2] commonly called flatwings for their habit of spreading out the hind wings horizontally when at rest.^[3]

Megapodagrionidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Superfamily:	Calopterygoidea
Family:	Megapodagrionidae Calvert, 1913[1]

A 2013 phylogenetic analysis pares down this family into only three genera,^[4] and numerous other genera are now placed in different families, including Amanipodagrionidae, Argiolestidae, Heteragrionidae, Hypolestidae, Lestoideidae, Mesagrionidae, Mesopodagrionidae, Philogeniidae, Philosinidae, Protolestidae, Rhipidolestidae, Tatocnemididae, and Thaumatoneuridae.

Genera

• Allopodagrion Förster, 1910
• Megapodagrion Selys, 1885
• Teinopodagrion De Marmels, 2001

References

1. Dijkstra, K.D.B.; et al. (2013). "The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013)". Zootaxa. 3703 (1): 36–45. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9. hdl:10072/61365.
2. "Family MEGAPODAGRIONIDAE". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
3. Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.
4. Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Dow, Rory A.; Stokvis, Frank R.; Van Tol, JAN (2014). "Redefining the damselfly families: A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata)". Systematic Entomology. 39: 68–96. Bibcode:2014SysEn..39...68D. doi:10.1111/syen.12035.