| Thaumatoneura | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Family: | Thaumatoneuridae (disputed) |
| Subfamily: | Thaumatoneurinae Tillyard & Fraser, 1938 |
| Genus: | Thaumatoneura McLachlan, 1897 |
| Species: | T. inopinata |
| Binomial name | |
| Thaumatoneura inopinata McLachlan, 1897 |
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Thaumatoneura inopinata is a species of damselfly. It is highly distinct, making up a monotypic genus (Thaumatoneura) and subfamily (Thaumatoneurinae). It is sometimes placed in the flatwing damselfly family (Megapodagrionidae) of the superfamily Lestoidea, while others consider it a monotypic family Thaumatoneuridae of the Calopterygoidea.
It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and rivers.