Libelluloidea
Libelluloidea is a superfamily of dragonflies. It contains 13 families:
- Aeschnosomatidae Goodman, Abbott, Bybee, Ehlert, Frandsen, Guralnick, Kalkman, Newton, Pinto & Ware, 2025
- Austrocorduliidae Bechly, 1996
- Corduliidae Selys, 1850
- Gomphomacromiidae Tillyard & Fraser, 1940
- Idionychidae Tillyard & Fraser, 1940
- Idomacromiidae Tillyard & Fraser, 1940
- Lauromacromiidae Goodman, Abbott, Bybee, Ehlert, Frandsen, Guralnick, Kalkman, Newton, Pinto & Ware, 2025
- Libellulidae Leach, 1815
- Macromidiidae Goodman, Abbott, Bybee, Ehlert, Frandsen, Guralnick, Kalkman, Newton, Pinto & Ware, 2025
- Macromiidae Needham, 1903
- Neophyidae Tillyard & Fraser, 1940
- Pseudocorduliidae Lohmann, 1996
- Synthemistidae Tillyard, 1911
Some taxonomic history
In 2025 a significant revision of this superfamily using morphological and molecular techniques added three families and restored six families.Since 2013 the following dragonfly families have been considered invalid or potentially disputed:
Fossils
The following extinct fossil taxa are also included in Libelluloidea:- †Austrolibellula Petrulevičius & Nel, 2003
- †Araripelibellulidae Bechly, 1996
- †Araripephlebiidae Bechly, 1998
- †Bolcacorduliidae Gentilini, 2002
- †Eocorduliidae Bechly, 1996
- †Palaeomacromiidae Petrulevičius, Nel & Muzón, 1999
- †Valdicorduliidae Bechly, 1996
- †Urolibellulidae Zeiri, Nel, & Garrouste, 2015