Stenophlebiidae

Stenophlebiidae
Stenophlebia latreillei, Upper Jurassic, Solnhofen Plattenkalk, in private collection
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Stenophlebioptera
Superfamily: Stenophlebioidea
Family: Stenophlebiidae
Needham, 1903
Type genus
Stenophlebia
Hagen, 1866
Genera
  • Burmastenophlebia
  • Cratostenophlebia
  • Cretastenophlebia
  • Gallostenophlebia
  • Hispanostenophlebia
  • Liaostenophlebia
  • Mesostenophlebia
  • Stenophlebia
  • Yixianstenophlebia
Synonyms
  • Nothomacromiidae?
    Carle, 1995

The Stenophlebiidae is an extinct family of medium-sized to large fossil odonates from the Upper Jurassic and Cretaceous period that belongs to the damsel-dragonfly grade ("anisozygopteres") within the stem group of Anisoptera. They are characterized by their long and slender wings, and the transverse shape of the discoidal triangles in their wing venation.