User:Wobbegong23/Cordulegastridae

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Taxonomy
The family Cordulegastridae is in the insect order Odonata, part of the infraorder Anisoptera, the group for Dragonflies and sister to Zygoptera, the group for Damselflies. Within the family Cordulegastridae there are 51 species amongst three different genre. These genera include Anotogaster, Cordulegaster, and Neallogaster which have 15, 30, and 6 species respectively.

The name Cordulegastridae comes from the Greek kordylinus, 'club-shaped' and gaster, belly. The common name spiketails refers to the females' prominent ovipositors.

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