Coenagrionoidea is a superfamily of damselflies in the order Odonata.[2][3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Superfamily: | Coenagrionoidea Kirby, 1890[1] |
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The superfamily includes the pond damselflies, featherlegs, threadtails and their relatives, and represents the largest radiation of modern damselflies.[3]
Taxonomic history
editThe superfamily Coenagrionoidea was established by Kirby in 1890.[1]
Historically, the classification of coenagrionoid damselflies has varied considerably, particularly regarding the placement of the threadtail damselflies (Protoneuridae) and giant damselflies (Pseudostigmatidae).[2]
A 2013 phylogenetic analysis incorporated Pseudostigmatidae and New World Protoneuridae within Coenagrionidae, while Old World protoneurids were included within Platycnemididae.[2]
More recent classifications recognise Protoneuridae as a distinct family within Coenagrionoidea.[3]
Phylogeny
editPhylogenetic studies support Coenagrionoidea as a monophyletic group of damselflies comprising Coenagrionidae, Isostictidae, Platycnemididae and Protoneuridae.[2][3]
Coenagrionoidea is generally recovered as the sister group to Platystictoidea.[4][2]
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Etymology
editThe superfamily name Coenagrionoidea is derived from the type genus Coenagrion and the zoological suffix -oidea, used for superfamilies.
The genus name Coenagrion is derived from the Greek κοινός (koinos, "common" or "shared") and Agrion, an early generic name historically applied to damselflies.[5]
Families
editCoenagrionoidea includes the following families:[3]
Fossil record
editThe extinct family †Burmacoenagrionidae is known from Cretaceous Burmese amber deposits.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- 1 2 Kirby, W.F. (1890). A Synonymic Catalogue of Neuroptera Odonata, or Dragonflies. With an Appendix of fossil species. London: Gurney & Jackson. pp. 202 [148]. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.5534.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Bechly, Günter; Bybee, Seth M.; Dow, Rory A.; Dumont, Henri J.; Fleck, Günther; Garrison, Rosser W.; Hämäläinen, Matti; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Karube, Haruki; May, Michael L.; Orr, Albert G.; Paulson, Dennis R.; Rehn, Andrew C.; Theischinger, Günther; Trueman, John W.H.; Van Tol, Jan; von Ellenrieder, Natalia; Ware, Jessica (2013). "The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) 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. hdl:10072/61365. ISSN 1175-5334.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
- ↑ Bybee, S.M.; Ogden, T.H.; Branham, M.A.; Whiting, M.F. (2008). "Molecules, morphology and fossils: a comprehensive approach to odonate phylogeny and the evolution of the odonate wing". Cladistics. 24 (4): 477–514. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2007.00191.x. PMID 34879634.
- ↑ Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625.
