<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;">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) </span></span>

Abstract

An updated classification and numbers of described genera and species (until 2010) are provided up to family level. We argue for conserving the family-group names Chlorocyphidae, Euphaeidae and Dicteriadidae, as well as retaining Epiophlebiidae in the suborder Anisozygoptera. Pseudostigmatidae and New World Protoneuridae are sunk in Coenagrionidae and Old World Protoneuridae in Platycnemididae. The families Amphipterygidae and Megapodagrionidae as traditionally recognized are not monophyletic, as may be the superfamily Calopterygoidea. The proposal to separate Chlorogomphidae, Cordulegastridae and Neopetaliidae from Libelluloidea in their own superfamily Cordulegastroidea is adopted. Macromiidae, Libellulidae and Synthemistidae and a restricted Corduliidae are accepted as families, but many genera of Libelluloidea are retained as incertae sedis at present. 5952 extant species in 652 genera have been described up to 2010. These are placed here in 30 families; recent proposals to separate additional families from Amphipterygidae and Megapodagrionidae have not yet been incorporated.

Not going with the flow: a comprehensive time‐calibrated phylogeny of dragonflies (Anisoptera: Odonata: Insecta) provides evidence for the role of lentic habitats on diversification

“…Dijkstra et al . ) and all eleven families. An overview of the sampling fraction for each family is given in Table .…”

“…refer to the estimated total numbers of anisopteran taxa, according to Dijkstra et al . (). Sample no.…”

“…In contrast, petaltails (Petaluridae) and austropetaliids (Austropetaliidae) each include only ten and eleven species respectively, and the South American species Neopetalia punctata is addressed as the single representative of the family Neopetaliidae, clearly distinguished from other families (Dijkstra et al . ). However, species richness cannot directly be correlated with habitat choice, as the clubtails and cruisers (Macromiidae, 125 species) actually occupy lotic habitats, and both families have species numbers that are comparable to skimmers and emeralds (Corduliidae, 154 species), respectively.…”

The larvae ofEpigomphus jannyaeBelle, 1993 andE. tumefactusCalvert, 1903 (Insecta: Odonata: Gomphidae)

“…Gomphidae is a cosmopolitan insect family of Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) with over 980 species (Dijkstra et al, 2013). The family is diverse in streams and rivers, but also has several species that inhabit lentic environments (e.g., ponds, lakes) (Garrison, von Ellenrieder & Louton, 2006).…”

A review of the genus Bornargiolestes Kimmins, 1936 (Odonata: Zygoptera) with a description of two new species from Sarawak, Malaysia

“…However, all the recent material from Sarawak and Brunei belongs not to B. nigra, but to two previously undescribed species, with only the specimen from Kalimantan probably representing true B. nigra; this species appears to be an exceptionally elusive insect. The current family placement of the genus is uncertain, as it has traditionally been placed in the Megapodagrionidae, a family now considered polyphyletic (Dijkstra et al 2013a). Dijkstra et al (2013b) left Bornargiolestes as incertae sedis (the course followed here) but noted it could possibly be included in the Thaumatoneuridae.…”