![]() Tarsophlebiidae is a prehistoric family of Odonatoptera that can be considered either a basal lineage of Odonata. Odonata is an order of carnivorous insects. Systematics and taxonomy This order has traditionally been grouped together with the and several extinct orders in a group called the ', but this grouping might be. Some 5,900 species have been described in this order. The term Warriorfly has also been proposed. ![]() Odonata enthusiasts avoid ambiguity by using the term true dragonfly, or simply Anisopteran, when referring to just the Anisoptera. The word dragonfly is also sometimes used to refer to all Odonata, but odonate is a more correct name for the group as a whole. Etymology and terminology coined the term Odonata from the οδόντoς (οδούς), odontos (tooth) apparently because they have teeth on their mandibles, even though most insects also have toothed mandibles.
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