Libelluloidea

Libelluloidea is a superfamily of dragonflies.^[2]

Libelluloidea Temporal range: Berriasian to present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Orthetrum sabina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Superfamily:	Libelluloidea Leach, 1815[1]
Families
4, see text
Synonyms
Anauriculida Bechly, 1996 Eurypalpidomorpha Bechly, 2003

A 2013 phylogenetic analysis suggests that this superfamily contains four families:^[3][2]

• Corduliidae Selys, 1850
• Libellulidae Leach, 1815
• Macromiidae Needham, 1903
• Synthemistidae Tillyard, 1911

Recent taxonomic changes

The following dragonfly families are now considered invalid or potentially disputed:^[3][4][5][6]

• Pseudocorduliidae
• Gomphomacromiidae
• Cordulephyidae
• Austrocorduliidae
• Oxygastridae
• Idomacromiidae
• Hemicorduliidae
• Urothemistidae

The following genera are no longer assigned to a family and are now placed incertae sedis within this superfamily, Libelluloidea:^[2][3]

• Apocordulia
• Archaeophya
• Austrocordulia
• Austrophya
• Cordulephya
• Gomphomacromia
• Hesperocordulia
• Idionyx
• Idomacromia
• Lathrocordulia
• Lauromacromia
• Macromidia
• Micromidia
• Neocordulia
• Neophya
• Nesocordulia
• Oxygastra
• Pseudocordulia
• Syncordulia

Fossils

The following extinct fossil taxa are also included in Libelluloidea:^[6][7]

• †Araripelibellulidae Bechly, 1996
• †Araripephlebiidae Bechly, 1998
• †Bolcacorduliidae Gentilini, 2002
• †Eocorduliidae Bechly, 1996
• †Palaeomacromiidae Petrulevicius et al. 1999
• †Valdicorduliidae Bechly, 1996
• †Urolibellulidae Zeiri, Nel, & Garrouste, 2015

This superfamily is one of two extant groups in the large, ancient clade Cavilabiata, in addition to Cordulegastroidea.^[8] The oldest known member is Araripelibellula brittanica from the Berriasian of England.^[9]