Epiophlebia

Epiophlebia
Epiophlebia superstes adult
Epiophlebia laidlawi naiad
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Epiprocta
Infraorder: Epiophlebioptera
Family: Epiophlebiidae
Tillyard, 1917
Genus: Epiophlebia
Calvert, 1903
Species

Epiophlebia is a genus of damsel-dragonfly native to the Indian subcontinent, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. It is the only living genus of Odonata to neither be a dragonfly nor a damselfly.[1] It is the sole member of the family Epiophlebiidae, which is itself the sole living representative of the infraorder Epiophlebioptera.

  1. ^ Büsse, Sebastian; Ware, Jessica L. (2022-11-02). "Taxonomic note on the species status of Epiophlebia diana (Insecta, Odonata, Epiophlebiidae), including remarks on biogeography and possible species distribution". ZooKeys. 1127: 79–90. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1127.83240. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 9836702. PMID 36760358.