Polythoroidea

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: Zygoptera
Superfamilia: Polythoroidea
Familia: Dicteriadidae – Heteragrionidae – Hypolestidae – Mesagrionidae – Philogeniidae – Polythoridae – Rimanellidae

Name

Polythoroidea Munz, 1919

Synonymy

• Polythorinae Munz, 1919. Originally established as a subfamily.

References

Primary references

• Munz, P.A. 1919. A venational study of the suborder Zygoptera (Odonata) with keys for the identification of genera. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 3: 1–78. ISSN 0065-8170.  BHL Reference page.  at p.9 BHL Established Polythorinae as a subfamily for the group previously treated by Selys as "legion Thore".

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. 
• World Odonata List. OdonataCentral, University of Alabama. Accessed 1 July 2026.