NOMEN: Neodonata Martynov 1938:61 [À.Â. Ìàðòûíîâ. Î÷åðêè ãåîëîãè÷åñêîé èñòîðèè è ôèëîãåíèè îòðÿäîâ íàñåêîìûõ (Pterygota). ×àñòü I. Palaeoptera è Neoptera-Polyneoptera. – Òðóäû Ïàëåîíòîëîãè÷åñêîãî èíñòèòóòà, 7 (4): 1-449. – Èçä. ÀÍ ÑÑÑÐ, Ì.-Ë., 1938]
ORIGINAL LISTED MEMBERSHIP (Martynov
1938):
Zygoptera + Anisozygoptera + Anisoptera 
NON-MONOSEMANTIC
CIRCUMSCRIPTIONAL SYNONYM (distinctly includind †Tarsophlebioptera):
= Panodonata
Bechly 1996
NON-MONOSEMANTIC
CIRCUMSCRIPTIONAL SYNONYM (distinctly excludind †Tarsophlebioptera):
=
Euodonata Grimaldi
& Engel 2005
NON-MONOSEMANTIC CIRCUMSCRIPTIONAL SYNONYMS (with uncertain position of †Meganisoptera and †Permodonata):
= Odonata Fabricius 1793
s.str.
= Odonatea Rafinesque 1815 s.str.
= Paraneuroptera Shipley 1904 s.str.
= Zygopteradelphia Crampton 1916 s.str.
= Panzygoptera Crampton 1916 s.str.
=?Bioptera Rivers 1940 s.str.
= Orthomyaria Schwanwitsh 1943 s.str.
= Bimotoria Schwanwitsh 1946 s.str.
= Heterognatha Chen 1962 s.str. (non Saussure & Humbert 1872, nec Börner 1920)
NON-MONOSEMANTIC CIRCUMSCRIPTIONAL SYNONYMS (with uncertain position of †Permodonata):
= Tyloptera
Crampton 1924
s.str.
= Aeshnoptera Crampton 1928 s.str.
TYPIFIED NAME IN BASIC FORMAT: Libellula/fg (sine Kennedya; incl. Lestes)
TYPIFIED NAMES IN USE: Libellula (sensu Linnaeus 1758), Libellulaedes, Libellilinae, Libellulidae, Libellulina, Libellulida, Libelluloidea, Libelluloides
MODERN
STATUS: 
the valid, the
oldest name of a generally accepted, holophyletic taxon; the same as Odonata
s.str.