Aeshnoidea

Aeshnoidea is a superfamily of dragonflies that contains two extant families, Aeshnidae and Austropetaliidae.^{[2] [3][4]}

Aeshnoidea
Southern hawker (Aeshna cyanea)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Superfamily:	Aeshnoidea Leach, 1815[1]
Families
Aeshnidae Leach, 1815 Austropetaliidae Carle & Louton, 1994

References

1. Leach, W.E. (1815). "Entomology". In Brewster, D. (ed.). The Edinburgh Encyclopedia. Vol. 9 (reprint 1830 ed.). Edinburgh: William Blackburn. pp. 57-172 [136].
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3. Carvalho, Alcimar do Lago; Pessacq, Pablo (2018), Hamada, Neusa; Thorp, James H.; Rogers, D. Christopher (eds.), "Chapter 14.1 - Superfamily Aeshnoidea", Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates (Fourth Edition), Academic Press, pp. 367–376, doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-804223-6.00015-9, ISBN 978-0-12-804223-6, retrieved 2023-11-04
4. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.