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Libellulidae Pantala flavescens Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Clade : Euarthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Odonata Infraorder: Anisoptera Superfamily: Libelluloidea Family: Libellulidae Rambur, 1842 [1] Genera see text The skimmers or perchers and their relatives form the Libellulidae , the largest dragonfly family in the world. It is sometimes considered to contain the Corduliidae as the subfamily Corduliinae and the Macromiidae as the subfamily Macromiinae. Even if these are excluded (as Silsby does), there still remains a family of over 1000 species. With nearly worldwide distribution, these are almost certainly the most often seen of all dragonflies. The genus Libellula is mostly New World, but also has one of the few endangered odonates from Japan: Libellula angelina . Many of the members of this genus are brightly colored or have banded wings. The related genus Plathemis includes the whitetails. The genus Celithemis contains several brightly marked species in the...

"Anisoptera" redirects here. For other uses, see Anisoptera (disambiguation). This article is about the insect. For other uses, see Dragonfly (disambiguation). Dragonfly Temporal range: Jurassic–recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Yellow-winged darter Sympetrum flaveolum Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Clade : Euarthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Odonata Suborder: Epiprocta Infraorder: Anisoptera Selys, 1854 Families Aeshnoidea Aeshnidae (hawkers or darners) Austropetaliidae Gomphidae (clubtails) Petaluridae (petaltails) Cordulegastroidea Chlorogomphidae Cordulegastridae (spiketails) Neopetaliidae Libelluloidea Corduliidae (emeralds) $ Libellulidae (skimmers, etc) Macromiidae (cruisers) Synthemistidae (tigertails) $ Not a clade A dragonfly is an insect belonging to the order Odonata, infraorder Anisoptera (from Greek ἄνισος anisos , "uneven" and πτερόν pteron , "wing", because the hindwing is broader than the forewing). Adult dragonflies are cha...