Libelluloidea

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Podiata
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: Anisoptera
Superfamilia: Libelluloidea
Familiae: Aeschnosomatidae – Austrocorduliidae – Corduliidae – Gomphomacromiidae – Idionychidae – Idomacromiidae – Lauromacromiidae – Libellulidae – Macromidiidae – Macromiidae – Neophyidae – Pseudocorduliidae – Synthemistidae – †Urolibellulidae

Name

Libelluloidea Leach, 1815

References

Primary references

Leach, W.E. 1815. Entomology [pp. 57–172]. In: Brewster, D. (Ed). Brewster’s Edinburgh Encyclopedia. Volume IX [part I]. W. Blackwood, J. Waugh, etc., Edinburgh, 764 pp. BHL Reference page. at p.136 BHL

Additional references

Carter, P., Goodman, A., Abbott, J., Bota Sierra, C., Bybee, S.M., Dow, R.A., Fomekong Lontchi, J., Frandsen, P.B., Gonzalez Mozo, L., Guralnick, R., Hämäläinen, M., Joshi, S., Kohli, M.K., Lupiyaningdyah, P., Montana, K.O., Newton, L., Onsongo, V., Orr, A.G., Pinto, Â.P., Sanchez-Herrera, M., Sutherland, L.N., Theischinger, G., Ware, J.L., Zhang, H. & Kalkman, V.J. 2026. The classification and diversity of extant dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). International Journal of Odonatology 29: 95–124. DOI: 10.48156/1388.2026.1917385 . Reference page.
Dijkstra, K.-D.B., Bechly, G., Bybee, S.M., Dow, R.A., Dumont, H.J., Fleck, G., Garrison, R.W., Hämäläinen, M., Kalkman, V.J., Karube, H., May, M.L., Orr, A.G., Paulson, D.R., Rehn, A.C., Theischinger, G., Trueman, J.W.H., van Tol, J., von Ellenrieder, N. & Ware, J. 2013. The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2013. 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 . Reference page.
Goodman, A., Abbott, J.C., Bybee, S., Ehlert, J., Frandsen, P.B., Guralnick, R., Kalkman, V.J., Newton, L., Pinto, Â.P. & Ware, J.L. 2025 [2026]. Systematic and taxonomic revision of emerald and tigertail dragonflies (Anisoptera: Synthemistidae and Corduliidae). Systematic Entomology 51(1): e70000. DOI: 10.1111/syen.70000 . Reference page.
Ware, J., May, M. & Kjer, K. 2007. Phylogeny of the higher Libelluloidea (Anisoptera: Odonata): an exploration of the most speciose superfamily of dragonflies. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45(1): 289–310. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.05.027 . Reference page.
Zeiri, A., Nel, A. & Garrouste, R. 2015. A new libelluloid family from the Eocene Green River Formation (Colorado, USA) (Odonata, Anisoptera). Zootaxa 4032(3): 290–296. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4032.3.4. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
World Odonata List. OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.

Vernacular names

日本語: トンボ上科
中文: 蜻蜓總科