Aeshnoidea
| Aeshnoidea Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
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| Southern hawker (Aeshna cyanea) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Superfamily: | Aeshnoidea Leach, 1815 |
| Families | |
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| Distribution of Aeshnoidea | |
Aeshnoidea is a superfamily of dragonflies comprising the families Aeshnidae and Austropetaliidae.
The superfamily also includes numerous extinct lineages known from Jurassic and Cretaceous fossils.