Hemiphlebiidae

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Odonata
Hemiphlebiidae
Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Present
Hemiphlebia mirabilis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Superfamily: Lestoidea
Family: Hemiphlebiidae
Kennedy, 1920[1]
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Hemiphlebiidae is a family of damselflies. It contains only one extant species, the ancient greenling, native to south-eastern Australia and Tasmania. The fossil record of the group extends back to the Late Jurassic, making them the oldest known crown group damselflies.[2]

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