Petaluridae

Uropetala carovei (male)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Petaluroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Superordo: Odonatoptera Ordo: Odonata Subordo: Anisoptera Superfamilia: Petaluroidea

Familia: Petaluridae
Subfamiliae (2): Petalurinae – Tanypteryginae

Name

Petaluridae Needham, 1903

References

Primary references

• Needham, J.G. 1903. A genealogic study of dragon-fly wing venation. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 26(1331): 703–764. BHL.

Additional references

• Fleck, G. 2011. Phylogenetic affinities of Petaluridae and basal Anisoptera families (Insecta: Odonata). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie 4: 83–104. PDF. Reference page. 
• Ware, J.L., Beatty, C.D., Sánchez Herrera, M., Valley, S., Johnson, J., Kerst, C., May, M.L. & Theischinger, G. 2014. The petaltail dragonflies (Odonata: Petaluridae): Mesozoic habitat specialists that survive to the modern day. Journal of Biogeography 41(7): 1291-1300. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12273 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

日本語: ムカシヤンマ科

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