Mikko's Phylogeny Archive Main Groups of Insects   Pseudostigmatidae

After Bechly, 1998-2002 and Schorr, Lindeboom & Paulson, 2003

<==o Pseudostigmatidae Tillyard, 1917 [non? Kirby, 1890] ()?
   |--o Mecistogaster Rambur, 1842 [Mecistogastrinae Bechly, 1996] ()? [11]
   |  |-- M. amalia (Burmeister, 1839) [Agrion amalia Burmeister, 1839; Agrion linearis Blanchard, 1840 (nec Fabricius, 1776); M. filiformis Rambur, 1842; M. leucostigma Rambur, 1842; M. linearis Rambur, 1842 (nec Fabricius, 1776); M. virgatus Rambur, 1842]
   |  |-- M. amazonica Sjöstedt, 1918
   |  |-- M. asticta Selys, 1860
   |  |-- M. buckleyi McLachlan, 1881 [?M. garleppi Förster, 1903]
   |  |-- M. jocaste Hagen, 1869 [M. sincerus McLachlan, 1877; M. vincentius Ris, 1918]
   |  |-- M. linearis (Fabricius, 1776) [Agrion linearis Fabricius, 1776; M. filigera Rambur, 1842; M. flavistigma Rambur, 1842; M. linearis infumata Fraser, 1946]
   |  |-- M. lucretia (Drury, 1773) [Libellula lucretia Drury, 1773; Agrion linearis Olivier, 1792 (nec Fabricius, 1776); Agrion tullia Burmeister, 1839; Libellula longissima Fee, 1832; M. filum Rambur, 1842; M. hauxwelli Selys, 1886; M. marchali Rambur, 1842; M. pedicellatus Rambur, 1842; M. signatus Rambur, 1842]
   |  |-- M. martinezi Machado, 1985
   |  |-- M. modesta Selys, 1860 [M. iphigenia Selys, 1886; ?M. marchali var. selysia Navás, 1923]
   |  |-- M. ornata Rambur, 1842 [M. luctuosa Hagen in Selys, 1860
   |  `-- M. pronoti Sjöstedt, 1918
   `--o Pseudostigmatinae Tillyard, 1917 [non? Kirby, 1890]
      |--o Pseudostigma Selys, 1860 [Pseudostigmatini Tillyard, 1917 [non? Kirby, 1890]] ()? [2]
      |  |-- P. aberrans Selys, 1860
      |  `-- P. accedens Selys, 1860
      `--o Megaloprepini Bechly, 1996 ()?
         |-- Anomisma abnorme McLachlan, 1877 [Microstigma terminatum McLachlan, 1877] [Anomismina Bechly, 1996]
         `--o Megaloprepina Bechly, 1996 ()?
            |-- Megaloprepus caerulatus (Drury, 1782) Rambur, 1842 [Libellula caerulata Drury, 1782; M. caerulatus brevistigma Selys, 1860] []
            `--o Microstigma Rambur, 1842 ()? [3]
               |--o M. anomalum Rambur, 1842 [M. calcipennis Fraser, 1946; M. proximum Rambur, 1842]
               |  |-- M. a. anomalum Rambur, 1842
               |  |-- M. a. sjoestedti Schmidt, 1958
               |  |-- M. a. var. minor Selys, 1886
               |  `-- M. a. vicinum Schmidt, 1958
               |--o M. maculatum Hagen in Selys, 1860
               |  |-- M. m. maculatum Hagen in Selys, 1860
               |  |-- M. m. albopictum Schmidt, 1958
               |  `-- M. m. fassli Schmidt, 1958
               `--o M. rotundatum Selys, 1860
                  |-- M. r. exustum Selys, 1860
                  `-- M. r. lunatum Selys, 1860

Reference(s):

Bechly, G., 1998-2002a: Phylogenetic classification of fossil and extant odonates.
–iNet: Günter Bechly's Odonatology Webpage: Phylogenetic Systematics of Odonata: http://www.bechly.de/system.htm

Bechly, G., 1998-2002b: Phylogenetic Systematics of Zygoptera / Euzygoptera.
–iNet: Günter Bechly's Odonatology Webpage: Phylogenetic Systematics of Odonata: http://www.bechly.de/zygopt2.htm

Schorr, M., Lindeboom, M. & Paulson, D., 2003: World Species List - Odonata.
–iNet: International Dragonfly Fund: http://www.calopteryx.de/idf/