Campterophlebiidae

Campterophlebiidae
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Epiprocta
Clade: Isophlebioptera
Clade: Isophlebiida
Superfamily: Isophlebioidea
Family:
Handlirsch 1920
Genera

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Campterophlebiidae is an extinct family of damsel-dragonflies native to Eurasia from the Late Triassic to the Early Cretaceous.[1]

Taxonomy

The family has around 40 recognised genera, with fossils known from China, Germany, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Luxembourg, Mongolia, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom.[2]

  • Adelophlebia Pritykina, 1980
  • Amnifleckia Zhang et al., 2006
  • Angaroneura Pritykina, 1985
  • Angustiphlebia Li et al., 2013
  • Azarphlebia Nel & Huang, 2020[3]
  • Bathmophlebia Pritykina, 1970
  • Bellabrunetia Fleck & Nel, 2002
  • Campterophlebia Bode, 1905
  • Ctenogampsophlebia Petrulevičius et al., 2011
  • Dorsettia Whalley, 1985
  • Gallodorsettia Nel & Weis, 2017
  • Gampsophlebia Pritykina, 1980
  • Honghea Zheng et al., 2018
  • Hsiufua Zhang & Wang, 2013
  • Hypsomelana Pritykina, 1968
  • Hypsophlebia Pritykina, 1971
  • Hypsothemis Pritykina, 1968
  • Junfengi Zheng & Zhang, 2017
  • Jurassophlebia Zheng et al., 2019
  • Karatawia Martynov, 1925
  • Lateophlebia Kelly & Nel, 2018[1]
  • Melanohypsa Pritykina, 1968
  • Olonkia Pritykina, 1985
  • Oreophlebia Pritykina, 1970
  • Oshinia Pritykina, 1985
  • Parabrunetia Huang et al., 2006
  • Parafleckium Li et al., 2012
  • Parasinitsia Tian et al., 2023[4]
  • Parazygokaratawia Huang et al., 2018
  • Petrophlebia Tillyard, 1925
  • Pritykinia Nel et al., 2009
  • Pternopteron Pritykina, 1970
  • Qibinlina Huang & Nel, 2009
  • Sagulia Pritykina, 1970
  • Sarytashia Pritykina, 1970
  • Sibirioneura Pritykina, 1985
  • Sinitsia Pritykina, 2006
  • Sinokaratawia Nel et al., 2007
  • Sogdophlebia Pritykina, 1970
  • Xanthohypsa Pritykina, 1970
  • Zygokaratawia Nel et al., 2008

Phylogeny

The family is placed as close relatives of the Isophlebiidae within the superfamily Isophlebioidea.[1]

Phylogenetic position of Campterophlebiidae after Deregnaucourt et al. 2023:[5]

Odonata crown group

Zygoptera (damselflies)

Epiproctophora

†Euthemistidae

†Selenothemistidae

†Archithemistidae

Campterophlebiidae

†Isophlebiidae

†Sphenophlebiidae

†Asiopteridae

†Cyclothemistidae

†Erichschmidtiidae

†Liassostenophlebiidae

†Prostenophlebiidae

Stenophlebiidae

†Myopophlebiidae

†Heterophlebiidae

†Liassophlebiidae

†Parastenophlebiidae

†Juragomphidae

†Liassogomphidae

Aeschnidiidae

Anisoptera (modern dragonflies)

References

  1. ^ a b c Kelly, Richard S.; Nel, André (2018-01-02). "Revision of the damsel-dragonfly family Campterophlebiidae (Odonata) from the Early Jurassic of England reveals a new genus and species". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 42 (1): 87–93. doi:10.1080/03115518.2017.1377767. hdl:1983/e56e40ba-31c6-4498-b309-d1d517727b9d. ISSN 0311-5518.
  2. ^ "Campterophlebiidae". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  3. ^ Nel, A.; Huang, D. (2020). "A new genus and species of damsel-dragonfly from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia (Odonata: Campterophlebiidae)" (PDF). Palaeoentomology. 3 (4): 357–360. doi:10.11646/palaeoentomology.3.4.6.
  4. ^ Tian, F.; Zheng, D.; Nel, A.; Ye, Y.; Mei, T.; Zhang, H. (2023). "A new campterophlebiid damsel-dragonfly (Odonata: Isophlebioidea) from the Middle Jurassic Yanan Formation of Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, NW China". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 22: 491–496. doi:10.5852/cr-palevol2023v22a23.
  5. ^ Deregnaucourt, Isabelle; Bardin, Jérémie; Villier, Loïc; Julliard, Romain; Béthoux, Olivier (August 2023). "Disparification and extinction trade-offs shaped the evolution of Permian to Jurassic Odonata". iScience. 26 (8): 107420. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2023.107420. PMC 10424082. PMID 37583549.