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The Megapodagrionidae are a family of damselflies, commonly called flatwings for their habit of spreading out the hind wings horizontally when at rest. They belong to the superfamily Calopterygoidea.

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Archiargiolestes is a genus of damselflies in the family Megapodagrionidae. Species of Archiargiolestes are small, black metallic damselflies with pale markings, endemic to south-western Australia, where they inhabit swampy areas.

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Archiargiolestes parvulus is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Megapodagrionidae, commonly known as a midget flatwing. It is endemic to south-western Australia, where it inhabits streams, bogs and swamps.

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Archiargiolestes pusillissimus is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Megapodagrionidae, commonly known as a tiny flatwing. It is endemic to south-western Australia, where it inhabits streams, bogs and swamps.

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Archiargiolestes pusillus is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Megapodagrionidae, commonly known as a little flatwing. It is endemic to south-western Australia, where it inhabits streams, bogs and swamps.

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Argiolestinae is a subfamily of damselflies. They belong to the flatwing damselfly family, Argiolestidae. Like their relatives but unlike damselflies of other families, they usually spread their hindwings horizontally when resting. It is the largest subfamily in Argiolestidae, making up almost three-quarters of the family's species, found primarily in Australia, New Guinea, and New Caledonia.

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Austroargiolestes is a genus of damselflies in the subfamily Argiolestinae of the family Megapodagrionidae. They are commonly known as Flatwings; unlike many other damselflies, at rest their wings are spread out flat.

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Austroargiolestes alpinus is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Megapodagrionidae, commonly known as a New England flatwing. It is endemic to north-eastern New South Wales, where it inhabits streams and bogs.

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Austroargiolestes amabilis is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Megapodagrionidae, commonly known as a flame flatwing. It is endemic to eastern Australia, where it inhabits streams in rainforest.

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Austroargiolestes aureus is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Megapodagrionidae, commonly known as a tropical flatwing. It is endemic to north-eastern Queensland, where it inhabits streams in rainforest.

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Austroargiolestes brookhousei is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Megapodagrionidae, commonly known as a Barrington flatwing. It is endemic to northern New South Wales, where it inhabits streams and bogs.

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Austroargiolestes calcaris is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Megapodagrionidae, commonly known as a powdered flatwing. It is endemic to south-eastern Australia, where it inhabits streams, deep pools and bogs, generally in mountainous areas.

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Austroargiolestes christine is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Megapodagrionidae, commonly known as a milky flatwing. It is endemic to mountain areas of northern New South Wales, where it inhabits streams and boggy areas.

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Austroargiolestes chrysoides is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Megapodagrionidae, commonly known as a golden flatwing. It is endemic to south-eastern Queensland, where it inhabits streams in rainforest.

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Austroargiolestes elke is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Megapodagrionidae, commonly known as an azure flatwing. It is endemic to the vicinity of Eungella National Park in north-central Queensland, where it inhabits streams in rainforests.

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The common flatwing is a very common species of damselfly of the subfamily Argiolestinae in the family Megapodagrionidae. It is also known as an Australian flatwing.

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Austroargiolestes isabellae is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Megapodagrionidae, commonly known as a Sydney flatwing. Endemic to the Sydney district, it inhabits streams and boggy areas.

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Griseargiolestes albescens is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Megapodagrionidae. It is commonly known as a coastal flatwing.

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The common flatwing is a very common species of damselfly of the subfamily Argiolestinae in the family Megapodagrionidae. It is also known as an Australian flatwing.

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Griseargiolestes is a genus of damselflies in the family Megapodagrionidae. They are medium-sized, black and green metallic damselflies with pale markings, endemic to eastern Australia.

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Griseargiolestes albescens is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Megapodagrionidae. It is commonly known as a coastal flatwing.

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Griseargiolestes bucki is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Megapodagrionidae, commonly known as a turquoise flatwing. It is endemic to the Barrington Tops area of New South Wales, where it inhabits streams, bogs and seepages.

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Griseargiolestes eboracus is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Megapodagrionidae, commonly known as a grey-chested flatwing. It is endemic to eastern Australia, where it inhabits bogs.

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Griseargiolestes fontanus is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Megapodagrionidae, commonly known as a springs flatwing. It is endemic to south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales, where it inhabits streams near their springs.

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Griseargiolestes griseus is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Megapodagrionidae, commonly known as a grey flatwing. It is endemic to south-eastern New South Wales, where it inhabits bogs and seepages near small streams.

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Griseargiolestes intermedius is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Megapodagrionidae, commonly known as an alpine flatwing. It is endemic to alpine areas of Victoria and New South Wales, where it inhabits bogs and seepages.

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Griseargiolestes metallicus is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Megapodagrionidae, commonly known as a metallic flatwing. It has only been recorded from rainforests in the vicinity of Tully Gorge National Park in northern Queensland, where it inhabits streams.

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Heteragrion is a genus of damselflies in the subfamily Argiolestinae of the flatwing damselfly family Megapodagrionidae.

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Miniargiolestes is a monotypic genus of damselflies in the family Megapodagrionidae. The single species of this genus, Miniargiolestes minimus, commonly known as a stream flatwing, is a small damselfly, metallic black to green in colour with white markings. It is endemic to south-western Australia, where it inhabits streams.

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Miniargiolestes is a monotypic genus of damselflies in the family Megapodagrionidae. The single species of this genus, Miniargiolestes minimus, commonly known as a stream flatwing, is a small damselfly, metallic black to green in colour with white markings. It is endemic to south-western Australia, where it inhabits streams.

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Paraphlebia is a genus of flatwings in the damselfly family Thaumatoneuridae. It was formerly in the subfamily Argiolestinae of the family Megapodagrionidae, but was moved to the family Thaumatoneuridae as a result of molecular phylogenetic studies by Dijkstra et al. in 2013.

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Podopteryx is a damselfly genus. It belongs in the subfamily Argiolestinae of the flatwing damselfly family Megapodagrionidae. They are very large damselflies found in Indonesia, New Guinea and Australia.

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Podopteryx selysi is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Megapodagrionidae, commonly known as a treehole flatwing. It can be found in coastal northern Australia and New Guinea, where its larvae live in water-filled holes in tree trunks in rainforest.

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Rhipidolestes is a genus of dragonflies in the family Megapodagrionidae. They are native to subtropical Asia from Burma to Japan.