Dysagrionidae

Dysagrion packardii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cephalozygoptera

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Superordo: Odonatoptera Ordo: Odonata Subordo: †Cephalozygoptera

Superfamilia:"Sieblosioid Group"
Familia: †Dysagrionidae
Subfamiliae: †Dysagrioninae – †Petrolestinae
Genera: †Congqingia – †Dysagrion – †Electrophenacolestes – †Furagrion – †Okanagrion – †Okanopteryx – †Petrolestes – †Phenacolestes – †Primorilestes – †Stolleagrion – †Tenebragrion

Genera excluded by Archibald et al., 2021: †Burmadysagrion – †Electrodysagrion – †Palaeodysagrion

Genera excluded by Ware et al (2025): †Dysagrionites –†Stenodiafanus – †Thanetophilosina – †Valerea

Name

Dysagrionidae Cockerell, 1908

• Type genus: †Dysagrion Scudder, 1878.

References

Primary references

• Cockerell, T.D.A. 1908. Fossil Insects from Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24: 59–69.
• Ware J.; Simonsen T.J.; Rasmussen J.A.; Archibald S.B. 2025. Systematics of the extinct suborder Cephalozygoptera (Odonata): a wing-based analysis comparing its genera with those of extant Zygoptera. American Museum Novitates 4043: 1–19. 

Additional references

• Archibald, S.B., Cannings, R.A., Erickson, R.J., Bybee, S.M. & Mathewes, R.W. 2021. The Cephalozygoptera, a new, extinct suborder of Odonata with new taxa from the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands, western North America. Zootaxa 4934(1): 1–133. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4934.1.1 . Reference page. 
• Garrouste, R. & Nel, A. 2015. New Eocene damselflies and first Cenozoic damsel-dragonfly of the isophlebiopteran lineage (Insecta: Odonata). Zootaxa 4028(3): 354–366. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4028.3.2. Preview (PDF) Reference page.