Calopterygoidea
Superfamily of damselflies
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Calopterygoidea is a superfamily of damselflies in the order Odonata.[2][3]
| Calopterygoidea | |
|---|---|
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| Austroargiolestes icteromelas, Common Flatwing (male), Australia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Superfamily: | Calopterygoidea Selys, 1850[1] |
Families
- Amanipodagrionidae Dijkstra & Ware, 2021
- Amphipterygidae Tillyard, 1917
- Argiolestidae Fraser, 1957
- Calopterygidae Selys, 1850 (broad-winged damselflies)
- Chlorocyphidae Cowley, 1937
- Devadattidae Dijkstra, 2014
- Dicteriadidae Montgomery, 1959
- Euphaeidae Yakobson & Bianchi, 1905
- Heteragrionidae Rácenis, 1959
- Hypolestidae Fraser, 1938
- Lestoideidae Munz, 1919
- Megapodagrionidae Calvert, 1913
- Mesagrionidae Kalkman & Sanchez Herrera, 2021
- Mesopodagrionidae Kalkman & Abbott, 2021
- Pentaphlebiidae Novelo-Gutiérrez, 1995
- Philogangidae Kennedy, 1920
- Philogeniidae Rácenis, 1959
- Philosinidae Kennedy, 1925
- Polythoridae Munz, 1919
- Priscagrionidae Kalkman & Bybee, 2021
- Protolestidae Dijkstra & Bybee, 2021
- Pseudolestidae Fraser, 1957
- Rhipidolestidae Silsby, 2001
- Rimanellidae Davies & Tobin, 1984
- Tatocnemididae Racenis, 1959
- 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 Rácenis, 1959.[4][2]