Calopterygoidea is a superfamily of

damselflies Damselflies are flying insects of the suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata. They are similar to dragonflies, which constitute the other odonatan suborder, Anisoptera, but are smaller and have slimmer bodies. Most species fold the wings along ...

in the order

Odonata Odonata is an order of flying insects that includes the dragonflies and damselflies. Members of the group first appeared during the Triassic, though members of their total group, Odonatoptera, first appeared in Late Carboniferous. The two co ...

Families

* Amanipodagrionidae * Amphipterygidae Tillyard, 1917 *

Argiolestidae Argiolestidae is a family of flat-wing damselflies in the order Odonata. There are at least 20 genera and more than 160 described species in Argiolestidae. Genera * '' Allolestes'' Selys, 1869 * '' Archiargiolestes'' Kennedy, 1925 * ''Argioles ...

Fraser, 1957 *

Calopterygidae The Calopterygidae are a family of damselflies, in the suborder Zygoptera. They are commonly known as the broad-winged damselflies, demoiselles, or jewelwings. These rather large damselflies have wingspans of 50–80 mm (compared to about 4 ...

Selys, 1850 (broad-winged damselflies) * Chlorocyphidae Cowley, 1937 * Devadattidae Dijkstra, 2014 * Dicteriadidae Montgomery, 1959 *

Euphaeidae Euphaeidae, sometimes incorrectly named Epallagidae and commonly called gossamerwings, is a family of damselflies in the odonate superfamily Calopterygoidea. The family is small, consisting of around 78 species living species in nine genera occ ...

Yakobson & Bianchi, 1905 * Heteragrionidae Rácenis, 1959 * Hypolestidae Fraser, 1938 *

Lestoideidae The Lestoideidae are a family of damselflies occurring in South-east Asia, New Guinea and Australia. The family comprises two genera and nine species. Genera Lestoideidae is an accepted family name and until recently it was considered to be ...

Munz, 1919 *

Megapodagrionidae The Megapodagrionidae are a family of damselflies, commonly called flatwings for their habit of spreading out the hind wings horizontally when at rest. A 2013 phylogenetic analysis pares down this family into only three genera, and numerous o ...

Calvert, 1913 * Mesagrionidae *

Mesopodagrionidae ''Mesopodagrion'' is a genus of flatwings in the damselfly order Odonata. There are two described species in ''Mesopodagrion''. As a result of molecular phylogenetic studies by Bybee et al. in 2021, it is now in its own family, Mesopodagrionid ...

* Pentaphlebiidae Novelo-Gutiérrez, 1995 *

Philogangidae ''Philoganga'' is a genus of damselflies Damselflies are flying insects of the suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata. They are similar to dragonflies, which constitute the other odonatan suborder, Anisoptera, but are smaller and have slimm ...

Kennedy, 1920 *

Philogeniidae Philogeniidae is a family of damselflies Damselflies are flying insects of the suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata. They are similar to dragonflies, which constitute the other odonatan suborder, Anisoptera, but are smaller and have slimmer ...

Rácenis, 1959 *

Philosinidae Philosinidae is a family of damselflies in the order Odonata. There are at least 2 genera and about 12 described species in Philosinidae, found mainly in southeast Asia. Genera These two genera belong to the family Philosinidae: * ''Philosina'' ...

Kennedy, 1925 *

Polythoridae The Polythoridae are a family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of ...

Munz, 1919 *

Protolestidae ''Protolestes'' is a genus of flatwings in the damselfly order Odonata. There are about eight described species in ''Protolestes''. As a result of molecular phylogenetic studies by Bybee et al. in 2021, it is now in its own family, Protolestid ...

Pseudolestidae ''Pseudolestes mirabilis'' is a species of damselfly. As a result of molecular phylogenetic studies by Bybee et al. in 2021, its monotypic genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxo ...

Fraser, 1957 * Rhipidolestidae *

Rimanellidae ''Rimanella'' is a monotypic genus of damselflies, the only genus in the family Rimanellidae. It contains the single species ''Rimanella arcana''.Jocque, M. & Argueta, I. (2014)A new species in the genus ''Amphipteryx'' Selys, 1853 (Odonata, Amp ...

Davies & Tobin, 1984 * Tatocnemididae * Thaumatoneuridae Fraser, 1938 * † Pseudostenolestidae Garrouste & Nel 2015

Unplaced genera

Following molecular phylogenetic studies in 2021, all of the genera under Calopterygoidea were placed into families except the genus ''

Sciotropis ''Sciotropis'' is a genus of flatwings in the damselfly order Odonata. There are at least two described species in ''Sciotropis''. As a result of molecular phylogenetic studies by Dijkstra et al. in 2013, the genus ''Sciotropis'' is considere ...

'' Rácenis, 1959.Seth M. Bybee et al. (2021) Phylogeny and classification of Odonata using targeted genomics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 160: 1-15

References

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