Megapodagrionidae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Odonata
- Family
- Megapodagrionidae
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Megapodagrionidae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Megapodagrionidae
Megapodagrionidae is a family of damselflies. They are commonly called flatwings for their habit of spreading out their wings horizontally when at rest.
A 2013 phylogenetic analysis pares down this family into only three genera, and numerous other genera are now placed in different families, including Amanipodagrionidae, Argiolestidae, Heteragrionidae, Hypolestidae, Lestoideidae, Mesagrionidae, Mesopodagrionidae, Philogeniidae, Philosinidae, Protolestidae, Rhipidolestidae, Tatocnemididae, and Thaumatoneuridae.
...Megapodagrionidae in languages:
- Chinese
- 蹣蟌科
- Chinese
- 山蟌科
- Dutch
- Vlakvleugeljuffers
- Japanese
- ヤマイトトンボ科
- Thai
- วงศ์ แมลงปอเข็มภูเขา
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Amanipodagrionidae
- Amphipterygidae
- Argiolestidae
- Calopterygidae
- Chlorocyphidae
- Devadattidae
- Dicteriadidae
- Euphaeidae
- Heteragrionidae
- Hypolestidae
- Lestoideidae
- Megapodagrionidae
- Mesagrionidae
- Mesopodagrionidae
- Pentaphlebiidae
- Philogangidae
- Philogeniidae
- Philosinidae
- Polythoridae
- Priscagrionidae
- Protolestidae
- Pseudolestidae
- Rhipidolestidae
- Rimanellidae
- Sciotropis
- Tatocnemididae
- Thaumatoneuridae













