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Megapodagrionoidea
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Superfamily: | Megapodagrionoidea Tillyard, 1917[1] |
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| Distribution of Megapodagrionoidea | |
Megapodagrionoidea is a superfamily of damselflies comprising the families Argiolestidae and Megapodagrionidae.[3][2] Together they include about 20 genera and more than 150 recognised species distributed in the Neotropical and Australasian regions.[2][4]
Members of the superfamily are commonly known as flatwings because adults typically perch with their wings held outstretched rather than folded above the abdomen. Most species inhabit forest streams and other freshwater habitats.[4]
Taxonomic history
[edit]The families now placed in Megapodagrionoidea were formerly united within a broadly defined Megapodagrionidae, which for much of the twentieth century included numerous genera from the Americas, Africa, Asia and Australasia.[5]
Morphological and molecular studies showed that this broad concept of Megapodagrionidae was polyphyletic and comprised several unrelated evolutionary lineages.[4][6][7] As a result, many former members were transferred to newly recognised families, leaving Megapodagrionidae restricted to a small Neotropical lineage and recognising Argiolestidae as a distinct Australasian family.[8]
In 2026, Carter and colleagues subsequently recognised these two families as the superfamily Megapodagrionoidea.[3]
Phylogeny
[edit]Relationships among living damselfly superfamilies, based on Carter et al. (2026).[3]
Families
[edit]The following families are currently placed in Megapodagrionoidea:[2]
- Argiolestidae Fraser, 1957
- Megapodagrionidae Selys, 1853
Etymology
[edit]The superfamily name Megapodagrionoidea is derived from the type genus Megapodagrion, with the standard zoological suffix -oidea used for animal superfamilies.
The genus name Megapodagrion was introduced by Selys in 1885 as a replacement for his earlier genus name Podagrion, which was preoccupied by Podagrion Spinola, 1811, a genus of parasitic wasps.[9] The name combines the Greek μέγας (megas, "large") with Podagrion, preserving the connection with Selys' earlier "Legion Podagrion". The root ποδ- (pod-, "foot" or "leg") refers to the long legs characteristic of these damselflies.[10]
References
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- ^ Tillyard, R.J. (1917). The biology of dragonflies (Odonata or Paraneuroptera). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 396 [278]. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.35170.
- ^ a b c d Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
- ^ a b c Carter, Payton; Goodman, Aaron; Abbott, John; Bota Sierra, Cornelio; Bybee, Seth M.; Dow, Rory A.; Fomekong Lontchi, Judicael; Frandsen, Paul B.; Gonzalez Mozo, Laura; Guralnick, Rob; Hämäläinen, Matti; Joshi, Shantanu; Kohli, Manpreet K.; Lupiyaningdyah, Pungki; Montana, Katherine O.; Newton, Lacie; Onsongo, Violet; Orr, Albert G.; Pinto, Ângelo Parise; Sanchez-Herrera, Melissa; Sutherland, Laura N.; Theischinger, Gunther; Ware, Jessica L.; Zhang, Haomiao; Kalkman, Vincent 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.
- ^ a b c Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Dow, Rory A.; Stokvis, Frank R.; Van Tol, JAN (2014). "Redefining the damselfly families: A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata)". Systematic Entomology. 39 (1): 68–96. Bibcode:2014SysEn..39...68D. doi:10.1111/syen.12035.
- ^ Rácenis, Janis (1959). "Notas taxonómicas sobre la familia Megapodagrionidae (Odonata: Zygoptera) con la sinopsis de las especies venezolanas". Acta Biológica Venezuélica (in Spanish). 2: 335–367.
- ^ Rehn, A.C. (2003). "Phylogenetic analysis of higher-level relationships of Odonata". Systematic Entomology. 28 (2): 181–239. Bibcode:2003SysEn..28..181R. doi:10.1046/j.1365-3113.2003.00210.x.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bybee, S. M.; Kalkman, V. J.; Erickson, R. J.; Frandsen, P. B.; Breinholt, J. W.; Suvorov, A.; Ware, J. L. (2021). "Phylogeny and classification of Odonata using targeted genomics". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 160 107115: 1–15. Bibcode:2021MolPE.16007115B. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107115. hdl:11093/2768. PMID 33609713.
- ^ Selys Longchamps, Edmond de (1886). Revision du synopsis des Agrionines. Première partie comprenant les légions Pseudostigma, Podagrion, Platycnemis et Protonevra. Mémoires couronnés et autres mémoires publiés par l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique. Vol. 38. Brussels. pp. 1–233 [30].
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625.