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Mesopodagrion

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Mesopodagrion
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Superfamily: Calopterygoidea
Family: Mesopodagrionidae
Kalkman & Abbott, 2021
Genus: Mesopodagrion
McLachlan, 1896

Mesopodagrion is a genus of flatwings in the damselfly order Odonata. There are two described species in Mesopodagrion.

As a result of molecular phylogenetic studies by Bybee et al. in 2021, it is now in its own family, Mesopodagrionidae.[1][2]

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References

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  1. ^ Bybee, Seth M.; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Erickson, Robert J.; Frandsen, Paul B.; Breinholt, Jesse W.; Suvorov, Anton; Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Cordero-Rivera, Adolfo; Skevington, Jeffrey H.; Abbott, John C.; Sanchez Herrera, Melissa; Lemmon, Alan R.; Moriarty Lemmon, Emily; Ware, Jessica L. (July 2021). "Phylogeny and classification of Odonata using targeted genomics". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 160: 107115. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107115.
  2. ^ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.