Cordulegastroidea
| Cordulegastroidea Temporal range: Possible Late Jurassic record | |
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| Delta-spotted spiketail (Cordulegaster diastatops) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Anisoptera |
| Clade: | Cavilabiata |
| Superfamily: | Cordulegastroidea Selys, 1854[1] |
| Families[2] | |
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| Distribution of Cordulegastroidea | |
Cordulegastroidea is a superfamily of dragonflies comprising the families Chlorogomphidae, Cordulegastridae and Neopetaliidae.[2][3]
The superfamily includes both living and extinct lineages, with fossils known from the Late Jurassic (possibly) and the Early Cretaceous.[4][5]
Taxonomic history
[edit]Selys established the suprageneric taxon Cordulegaster as the fourth legion of the Gomphines in his Synopsis des Gomphines (1854).[1]
Hagen later recognised the group as the subfamily Cordulegasterina.[6] Modern authorities differ in their attribution of the superfamily name: the World Odonata List follows Selys (1854), whereas Dijkstra et al. (2013) attribute Cordulegastroidea to Hagen (1875) and Carter et al. (2026) attribute it to Hagen (1877).[2][3][7]
Modern classifications place three living families in the superfamily: Chlorogomphidae, Cordulegastridae and Neopetaliidae.[2][3][7]
Phylogeny
[edit]Phylogenetic studies generally support Cordulegastroidea as a monophyletic group comprising Chlorogomphidae, Cordulegastridae and Neopetaliidae.[3][8][9]
Within modern dragonflies, Cordulegastroidea is generally recovered as the sister group to Libelluloidea.[3][8]
Families
[edit]The following families are currently placed in Cordulegastroidea:[2][3]
- Chlorogomphidae Needham, 1903
- Cordulegastridae Hagen, 1875
- Neopetaliidae Tillyard & Fraser, 1940
Fossil record
[edit]The oldest confirmed fossils assigned to Cordulegastroidea belong to the extinct families Mesochlorogomphidae and Araripechlorogomphidae, which are regarded as close relatives of the Chlorogomphidae.[4][5]
In a phylogenetic classification proposed by Bechly in 1996, Cordulegastroidea and related extinct stem groups were placed in the broader group Chlorogomphida.[3]
The family Hemeroscopidae may also belong to this lineage, but its placement remains uncertain.[10]
Etymology
[edit]The superfamily name Cordulegastroidea is derived from the type genus Cordulegaster and the zoological suffix -oidea, used for superfamilies.
The genus name Cordulegaster is presumably derived from the Greek κορδύλη (kordylē, "club") and γαστήρ (gastēr, "belly" or "abdomen").[11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 Selys-Longchamps, E. (1854). "Synopsis des Gomphines". Bulletin de la Classe des Sciences de l'Académie Royale de Belgique (in French). 21 (7): 23-112 [100] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Bechly, Günter; Bybee, Seth M.; Dow, Rory A.; Dumont, Henri J.; Fleck, Günther; Garrison, Rosser W.; Hämäläinen, Matti; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Karube, Haruki; May, Michael L.; Orr, Albert G.; Paulson, Dennis R.; Rehn, Andrew C.; Theischinger, Günther; Trueman, John W.H.; van Tol, Jan; von Ellenrieder, Natalia; Ware, Jessica (2013). "The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata)". Zootaxa. 3703 (1). Magnolia Press: 36–45. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9. hdl:10072/61365.
- 1 2 Fleck; et al. (2008). "New Lower Cretaceous 'libelluloid' dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata: Cavilabiata) with notes about estimated divergence dates for this group" (PDF). Palaeodiversity. 1: 19–36.
- 1 2 Nel, André; Ribeiro, Guilherme Cunha (2024-04-01). "New fossil wings shed light on Lower Cretaceous Araripechlorogomphidae and minimum age of the Chlorogomphoidea (Odonata: Anisoptera): Crato formation, Araripe Basin, NE Brazil". Cretaceous Research. 156 105811. Bibcode:2024CrRes.15605811N. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105811. ISSN 0195-6671.
- ↑ Hagen, H.A. (1875). "Synopsis of the Odonata of America". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 18: 20–96 [50] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ Carle, F.L.; Kjer, K.M.; May, M.L. (2008). "Evolution of Odonata, with special reference to Coenagrionoidea (Zygoptera)". Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 66: 37–44. doi:10.3897/asp.66.e31679.
- ↑ Bechly, G.; Nel, A.; Martínez-Delclòs, X.; Fleck, G. (1998-01-01). "Four new dragonflies from the Upper Jurassic of Germany and the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia (Anisoptera: Hemeroscopidae, Sonidae, and Proterogomphidae fam. nov.)". Odonatologica. 27 (2): 149–187. ISSN 0375-0183.
- ↑ Brown, Roland Wilbur (1954). Composition of Scientific Words: A Manual of Methods and a Lexicon of Materials for the Practice of Logotechnics.
