Mesopodagrion is a genus of flatwings in the damselfly order Odonata. There are two described species in Mesopodagrion.
| Mesopodagrion | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Superfamily: | Calopterygoidea |
| Family: | Mesopodagrionidae Kalkman & Abbott, 2021 |
| Genus: | Mesopodagrion McLachlan, 1896 |
As a result of molecular phylogenetic studies by Bybee et al. in 2021, it is now in its own family, Mesopodagrionidae.[1][2]
Species
edit- Mesopodagrion tibetanum McLachlan, 1896
- Mesopodagrion yachowensis Chao, 1953
References
edit- ^ Seth M. Bybee et al. (2021) Phylogeny and classification of Odonata using targeted genomics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 160: 1-15
- ^ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.