Aeshnoidea

Aeshnoidea is a superfamily of dragonflies that contains two extant families, Aeshnidae and Austropetaliidae.^{[2] [3][4]}

Aeshnoidea Temporal range: Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) to present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Southern hawker (Aeshna cyanea)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Superfamily:	Aeshnoidea Leach, 1815[1]
Families
Aeshnidae Leach, 1815 Austropetaliidae Carle & Louton, 1994 See text for fossil families
Synonyms
Aeshnoptera Bechly, 1996

This clade also contains these fossil families:^[5]

• Superfamily Aeshnoidea (=clade Aeshnoptera Bechly, 1996)
  • †Cymatophlebiidae Handlirsch, 1906^[6]
  • †Eumorbaeschnidae Bechly et al., 2001^[7]
  • †Liupanshaniidae Bechly et al., 2001^[8]
  • †Mesuropetalidae Bechly, 1996
  • †Paracymatophlebiidae Bechly et al. 2001
  • †Progobiaeshnidae Bechly, Nel, Martínez-Delclòs et al., 2001^[9]
  • †Rudiaeschnidae Bechly et al. 2001
  • Clade Aeshnodea Bechly, 1996 (incl. Aeshnidae)
    • †Burmaeshnidae Huang et al., 2017^[10]
    • †Enigmaeshnidae Nel et al., 2008^[11]
    • †Libanoaeshnidae Azar, Maksoud, Abi-Saad & Nel, 2024^[12]
    • †Primumaeshnidae Pouillon & Nel, 2020^[13]

The paracymatophlebiid †Sinocymatophlebia and the indeterminate aeshnoid †Propecymatophlebia Huang, Nel & Cai, 2017^[14], known from the Middle Jurassic of China, represent the oldest known crown group dragonflies.^[5]