Recent species from Schorr, Lindeboom & Paulson, 2003

<==o Libellula Linnaeus, 1758
   |-- L. angelina Selys, 1883 [Libellula infuscata Eversmann, 1836; Libellula niphonica Kobayashi, 1941]
   |-- L. auripennis Burmeister, 1839 [Libellula costalis Rambur, 1842]
   |-- L. axilena Westwood, 1837 [Libellula leda Say, 1839]
   |-- L. comanche Calvert, 1907 [Libellula flavida Hagen, 1861 (nec Rambur, 1842)]
   |-- L. composita (Hagen, 1873) [Mesothemis composita Hagen, 1873]
   |-- L. croceipennis Selys, 1869 [Belonia uniformis Kirby, 1889; Libellula saturata aliasignata Muttkowski, 1910]
   |-- L. cyanea Fabricius, 1775 [Libellula bistigma Uhler, 1857; Libellula quadrupla Say, 1839]
   |-- L. flavida Rambur, 1842 [Libellula plumbea Uhler, 1857]
   |-- L. foliata (Kirby, 1889) [Belonia foliata Kirby, 1889]
   |-- L. forensis Hagen, 1861
   |-- L. gaigei Gloyd, 1938
   |-- L. herculea Karsch, 1889 [Belonia longipennis Kirby, 1889]
   |-- L. incesta Hagen, 1861
   |-- L. jesseana Williamson, 1922
   |-- L. luctuosa Burmeister, 1839 [Libellula basalis Say, 1839 (nec Stephens, 1835); Libellula odiosa Hagen, 1861]
   |-- L. mariae Garrison, 1992
   |-- L. melli Schmidt, 1948
   |-- L. needhami Westfall, 1943
   |-- L. nodisticta Hagen, 1861
   |-- L. pontica Selys, 1887
   |-- L. pulchella Drury, 1773 [Libellula confusa Uhler, 1857; Libellula versicolor Fabricius, 1775]
   |-- L. quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758 [Libellula maculata Harris, 1782; Libellula quadrimaculata asahinai Schmidt, 1957; Libellula quadripunctata Fabricius, 1781; Libellula relicta Belyshev, 1973; Libellula ternaria Say, 1839 (in partim)]
   |-- L. saturata Uhler, 1857
   |-- L. semifasciata Burmeister, 1839 [Libellula bifasciata Fabricius, 1775 (nomen oblitum?); Libellula hersilia Blanchard, 1849; Libellula maculata Rambur, 1842; Libellula ternaria Say, 1839 (in partim)]
   `-- L. vibrans Fabricius, 1793

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