List of dragonflies

This is a list of dragonflies, or members of the infraorder Anisoptera within the order Odonata. There are estimated to be more than 7000 species of odonates (dragonflies and damselflies of infraorder Zygoptera) in the world.[1]

Suborder Epiprocta

Infraorder Epiophlebioptera

Family Epiophlebiidae

There are four known members of this family, with E sinensis discovered in 2011, and E. diana in 2012.[2][3]

Infraorder Anisoptera

Family Aeshnidae

Family Austropetaliidae

Family Cordulegastridae

Family Corduliidae

Family Macromiidae

Family Neopetaliidae

Family Petaluridae

Family Synthemistidae

References

  1. ↑ "Update on the diversity and conservation of European dragonflies and damselflies". IUCN. 6 February 2018.
  2. ↑ Li, J.-K.; Zhang, X.-P.; Fleck, G.; Gao, M.-X.; Lin, L.; Zhou, J. (2011). "A third species of the relict family Epiophlebiidae discovered in China (Odonata: Epiproctophora)". Systematic Entomology. 37 (2): 408–412. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00610.x.
  3. ↑ Carle, Frank L. (2012). "A new Epiophlebia (Odonata: Epiophlebioidea) from China with a review of epiophlebian taxonomy, life history, and biogeography". Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 70 (2): 75–83.
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