Aeshnoidea

Aeshnoidea is a superfamily of dragonflies that contains two extant families, Aeshnidae and Austropetaliidae.

This clade also contains these fossil families: Superfamily Aeshnoidea (=clade Aeshnoptera Bechly, 1996) †Cymatophlebiidae Handlirsch, 1906 †Eumorbaeschnidae Bechly et al., 2001 †Liupanshaniidae Bechly et al., 2001 †Mesuropetalidae Bechly, 1996 †Paracymatophlebiidae Bechly et al., 2001 †Progobiaeshnidae Bechly, Nel, Martínez-Delclòs et al., 2001 †Rudiaeschnidae Bechly et al., 2001 Clade Aeshnodea Bechly, 1996 (incl. Aeshnidae) †Burmaeshnidae Huang et al., 2017 †Enigmaeshnidae Nel et al., 2008 †Libanoaeshnidae Azar, Maksoud, Abi-Saad & Nel, 2024 †Primumaeshnidae Pouillon & Nel, 2020