The Megapodagrionidae are a
family
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of
damselflies,
commonly called flatwings for their habit of spreading out the
hind wings horizontally when at rest.
A 2013 phylogenetic analysis pares down this family into only three genera,
and numerous other genera are now placed in different families, including
Amanipodagrionidae,
Argiolestidae,
Heteragrionidae,
Hypolestidae,
Lestoideidae,
Mesagrionidae,
Mesopodagrionidae,
Philogeniidae,
Philosinidae,
Protolestidae,
Rhipidolestidae,
Tatocnemididae, and
Thaumatoneuridae.
Genera
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Allopodagrion''
Förster, 1910
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Megapodagrion''
Selys, 1885
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Teinopodagrion''
De Marmels, 2001
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2448736
Odonata families
Odonata of Australia
Taxa named by Philip Powell Calvert