Epiprocta

Taxobox
name = Epiprocta
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Odonata
subordo = Epiprocta
subordo_authority = Lohmann, 1996Verify source|date=July 2007
subdivision_ranks = Infraorders
subdivision =
Epiophlebioptera

Anisoptera

The Epiprocta Lohmann, 1996 is one of the two extant suborders of the Odonata (the order to which dragonflies and damselflies belong). It is a relatively recently-proposed suborder, having been created to accommodate the inclusion of the Anisozygoptera. The latter has been shown to be not a natural suborder but rather a paraphyletic collection of lineages (Lohman 1996, Rehn 2003), so it has been combined with the previous suborder Anisoptera, the well-known dragonflies, into the Epiprocta. The old suborders Anisoptera is now an infraorder within the Epiprocta, whereas the "anisozygopterans" now included here form the infraorder Epiophlebioptera.

References

* {1996): Das phylogenetische System der Anisoptera (Odonata). "Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift" 106(9): 209-266.
* (2003): Phylogenetic analysis of higher-level relationships of Odonata. "Systematic Entomology" 28(2): 181-240. DOI|10.1046/j.1365-3113.2003.00210.x [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1365-3113.2003.00210.x PDF fulltext]