Odonatoptera
Odonatoptera Temporal range:
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Reconstruction of Carboniferous griffinfly, Meganeurites. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Division: | Palaeoptera |
Superorder: | Odonatoptera Martynov, 1932 |
Orders | |
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Synonyms | |
Campylopterodea Rohdendorf, 1962 |
The Odonatoptera are a
Systematics and taxonomy
There is little consensus about the relationships of the Odonatoptera. What is certain is that they are a
While the internal subdivision of this superorder is subject to much dispute and far from resolved, at least the coarser divisions seem to be fairly stable by now. Six orders are generally recognized, as well as two families incertae sedis and a further "family" that is almost certainly not monophyletic.[contradictory] Ordered from the most ancestral to the most advanced, these are:[inconsistent]
Phylogeny
Based on the work of Petrulevičius & Gutierrez 2016.[3]
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Euodonatoptera |
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In some treatments, the Odonata are expanded to include all these taxa with the exception of the "Erasipteridae", Geroptera and Protodonata; this group is treated as an unranked clade Odonatoclada in the scheme used here. Where the Odonata are defined loosely, the term Odonatoidea is used instead of "Odonatoptera".[4]
Footnotes
- ^ Trueman & Rowe (2008)
- ^ Maddison (2002), Trueman [2008]
- ^ Petrulevičius, Julián F.; Gutierrez, Pedro Raul (2016). "New basal Odonatoptera (Insecta) from the lower Carboniferous (Serpukhovian) of Argentina". Arquivos Entomolóxicos (16): 341–358.
- ^ See e.g. Trueman & Rowe (2008)
References
- Maddison, David R. (2002): Tree of Life Web Project – Pterygota. Winged insects. Version of 2002-JAN-01. Retrieved 2008-DEC-15.
- Trueman, John W.H. [2008]: Tree of Life Web Project – Pterygote Higher Relationships. Retrieved 2008-DEC-15.
- Trueman, John W.H. & Rowe, Richard J. (2008): Tree of Life Web Project – Odonata. Dragonflies and damselflies. Version of 2008-MAR-20. Retrieved 2008-DEC-15.