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{{short description|Superfamily of dragonflies}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Libelluloidea
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Berriasian|present|[[Berriasian]] to present}}
| image = Green Marsh Hawk (Orthetrum sabina) W IMG 1681.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Orthetrum sabina]]''
| taxon = Libelluloidea
| authority = [[William Elford Leach|Leach]], 1815<ref name="Leach 1815 encyclopaedia">{{cite book|last1=Leach|first1=W.E.|editor1-last=Brewster|editor1-first=D.|title=The Edinburgh Encyclopedia|date=1815|publisher=William Blackburn|location=Edinburgh|pages=57-172 [136]|edition=reprint 1830|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17493626|chapter=Entomology|year=|isbn=|volume=9}}</ref>
| subdivision_ranks = Families
| subdivision = 4, see text
| synonyms = * Anauriculida  <small>Bechly, 1996</small>
* Eurypalpidomorpha <small>Bechly, 2003</small>
}}

'''Libelluloidea''' is a [[Superfamily (zoology)|superfamily]] of [[dragonfly|dragonflies]].

A 2013 phylogenetic analysis suggests that this superfamily contains four families:<ref name="Dijkstra 2013">{{Cite journal |last=Dijkstra |first=Klaas-Douwe B. |last2=Bechly |first2=Günter |last3=Bybee |first3=Seth M. |last4=Dow |first4=Rory A. |last5=Dumont |first5=Henri J. |last6=Fleck |first6=Günther |last7=Garrison |first7=Rosser W. |last8=Hämäläinen |first8=Matti |last9=Kalkman |first9=Vincent J. |last10=Karube |first10=Haruki |last11=May |first11=Michael L. |last12=Orr |first12=Albert G. |last13=Paulson |first13=Dennis R. |last14=Rehn |first14=Andrew C. |last15=Theischinger |first15=Günther |last16=Trueman |first16=John W.H. |last17=Van Tol |first17=Jan |last18=von Ellenrieder |first18=Natalia |last19=Ware |first19=Jessica |date=2013 |title=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) |url=https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3703.1.9 |journal=Zootaxa |language=en |volume=3703 |issue=1 |pages=36–45 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9 |doi-access=free |hdl=10072/61365 |hdl-access=free |issn=1175-5334 }}</ref>

*[[Corduliidae]] <small>Selys, 1850</small>
*[[Libellulidae]] <small>Leach, 1815</small>
*[[Macromiidae]] <small>Needham, 1903</small>
*[[Synthemistidae]] <small>Tillyard, 1911</small>

==Recent taxonomic changes==
The following dragonfly families are now considered [[Valid name (zoology)|invalid]] or potentially  [[Valid name (zoology)#Subjectively invalid names|disputed]]:<ref name="Dijkstra 2013"/><ref name="ware">Ware, J., May, M., & Kjer, K. (2007). [http://www.cetpo.upol.cz/files/lib/26/724/libelulloidea-phylogeny.pdf Phylogeny of the higher Libelluloidea (Anisoptera: Odonata): an exploration of the most speciose superfamily of dragonflies.] ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'', 45(1), 289-310.</ref><ref>Carle, F. L., Kjer, K. M., & May, M. L. (2008). [http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/publikationen/arthropodsystematics/asp_66_1/66_1_carle_37-44.pdf Evolution of Odonata, with special reference to Coenagrionoidea (Zygoptera).] ''Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny'', 66(1), 37-44.</ref><ref name=":0" />
*[[Pseudocordulia|Pseudocorduliidae]]
*[[Gomphomacromiidae]]
*[[Cordulephyidae]]
*[[Austrocorduliidae]]
*[[Oxygastridae]]
*[[Idomacromiidae]]
*[[Hemicorduliidae]]
*[[Urothemistidae]]

The following genera are no longer assigned to a family and are now placed ''[[incertae sedis]]'' within this superfamily, Libelluloidea:<ref name="Dijkstra 2013"/>
*''[[Apocordulia]]''
*''[[Archaeophya]]''
*''[[Austrocordulia]]''
*''[[Austrophya]]''
*''[[Cordulephya]]''
*''[[Gomphomacromia]]''
*''[[Hesperocordulia]]''
*''[[Idionyx]]''
*''[[Idomacromia]]''
*''[[Lathrocordulia]]''
*''[[Lauromacromia]]''
*''[[Macromidia]]''
*''[[Micromidia]]''
*''[[Neocordulia]]''
*''[[Neophya]]''
*''[[Nesocordulia]]''
*''[[Oxygastra]]''
*''[[Pseudocordulia]]''
*''[[Syncordulia]]''

==Fossils==
The following [[Extinction|extinct]] fossil taxa are also included in Libelluloidea:<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Sroka |first=Steven D. |last2=Howells |first2=Thomas F. |last3=Nel |first3=André |date=2023 |title=A new transitional "libelluloid" family of odonates with Mesozoic affinities in the Eocene Green River Formation of Utah, USA |url=https://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app010722023.html |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |language=en |volume=68 |issue=2 |pages=337–342 |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Petrulevičius |first=Julián F |last2=Nel |first2=André |date=2003-07-01 |title=A new libelluloid dragonfly (Insecta: Odonata: Italoansida) from the late Paleocene of Argentina |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0016699503000391 |journal=Geobios |volume=36 |issue=4 |pages=401–406 |doi=10.1016/S0016-6995(03)00039-1 |issn=0016-6995}}</ref>

* †[[Araripelibellulidae]] <small>Bechly, 1996</small>
* †[[Araripephlebiidae]] <small>Bechly, 1998</small>
* †[[Bolcacorduliidae]] <small>Gentilini, 2002</small>
* †[[Eocorduliidae]] <small>Bechly, 1996</small>
* †[[Palaeomacromiidae]] <small>Petrulevicius ''et al.'' 1999</small>
* †[[Valdicorduliidae]] <small>Bechly, 1996</small>
* †[[Urolibellulidae]] <small>Zeiri, Nel, & Garrouste, 2015</small>

This superfamily is one of two extant groups in the large, ancient clade [[Cavilabiata]], in addition to [[Cordulegastroidea]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lin |first=Qi-Bin |last2=Huang |first2=Di-Ying |last3=Nel |first3=A. |date=2007-05-10 |title=A new family of Cavilabiata from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation, China (Odonata: Anisoptera) |url=https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.1469.1.4 |journal=Zootaxa |language=en |volume=1469 |issue=1 |pages=59–64 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.1469.1.4 |issn=1175-5334}}</ref> The oldest known member is ''[[Araripelibellula|Araripelibellula brittanica]]'' from the [[Berriasian]] of England.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PBDB Taxon |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=204343 |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=paleobiodb.org}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Taxa named by William Elford Leach]]
[[Category:Extant Berriasian first appearances]]