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Odonata| Insect order comprising the dragonflies and damselflies. This group contains some 4,500 species arranged in 500 genera. |
Classification Odonata is in subclass Pterygota, class Insecta, phylum Arthropoda. |
| There are three suborders: Zygoptera, the damselflies, have large eyes which are widely separated, and hold the wings vertically above the abdomen at rest; Anisozygoptera contains most fossil forms and only two extant species; Anisoptera, the dragonflies, have large eyes, never widely separated, and hold the wings horizontal at rest. |
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