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The skimmers or perchers and their relatives form the Libellulidae, the largest dragonfly family in the world. It is sometimes considered to contain the Corduliidae as the subfamily Corduliinae and the Macromiidae as the subfamily Macromiinae. Even if these are excluded (as Silsby does) we are left with a family of over 1000 species. With nearly worldwide distribution these are almost certainly the most often seen of the dragonflies. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1757x1317, 392 KB) Libellula depressa (male), picture taken by Tim Bekaert in De Panne, Belgium (July 3, 2005) File links The following pages link to this file: Libellulidae Broad-bodied Chaser ...
Binomial name Libellula depressa (Linnaeus, 1758) The Broad-bodied Chaser, Libellula depressa, is a European dragonfly. ...
Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ...
Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ...
Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - Trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - Spiders, Scorpions, etc. ...
Classes & Orders Class Insecta (insects) Unplaced orders: Order Diplura Order Collembola (springtails) Order Protura The subphylum Hexapoda constitutes the largest (in terms of number of species) grouping of arthropods and includes the insects as well as a few much smaller groups of wingless arthropods closely related to insects: Collembola, Protura...
Orders Subclass Apterygota Symphypleona - globular springtails Subclass Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails) Subclass Dicondylia Monura - extinct Thysanura (common bristletails) Subclass Pterygota Diaphanopteroidea - extinct Palaeodictyoptera - extinct Megasecoptera - extinct Archodonata - extinct Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass Neoptera Blattodea (cockroaches) Mantodea (mantids) Isoptera (termites) Zoraptera Grylloblattodea Dermaptera (earwigs) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets...
Suborders Epiprocta (dragonflies), including infraorder Anisoptera (true dragonflies) Zygoptera (damselflies) Reference: ITIS 101593 as of 2002-07-26 Odonata is an order in the class Insecta, encompassing those insects commonly known as dragonflies (either when referring to the group as a whole, or for the species in the suborder Epiprocta...
For other uses, see Dragonfly (disambiguation). ...
Baron Michel Edmond de Sélys Longchamps (May 25, 1813 - December 11, 1900) was a Belgian politician and scientist. ...
Families Aeshnidae Austropetaliidae Cordulegastridae Corduliidae Gomphidae Libellulidae Macromiidae Neopetaliidae Petaluridae A dragonfly is any insect belonging to the order Odonata, the suborder Epiprocta or, in the strict sense, the infraorder Anisoptera. ...
In biological classification, family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is 1) a rank or 2) a taxon in that rank. ...
Genera include: Cordulia Dorocordulia Epitheca Helocordulia Idionyx Lintneri Neurocordulia Somatochlora Williamsonia The insect family Corduliidae contains the emerald dragonflies or green-eyed skimmers. ...
Genera include: Didymops Macromia Tauriphilia The insect family Macromiidae contains the dragonfly species known as cruisers or skimmers. ...
The genus Libellula is mostly New World, but also boasts one of the few endangered odonates from Japan - Libellula angelina. Many of the members of this genus are brightly colored or have banded wings. The related genus Plathemis includes the whitetails. The genus Celithemis contains several brightly marked species in the southern United States. Members of the genus Sympetrum are called darters (or meadowhawks in North America), and are found throughout most of the world, except Australia. Several Southern Hemisphere species in the genera Trithemis and Zenithoptera are especially beautiful. Other common genera include Tramea and Pantala. Carte dAmérique, Guillaume Delisle, c. ...
The libellulids have stout-bodied larvae with the lower lip or labium developed into a mask over the lower part of the face.
Genera
- Anatya
- Antidythemis
- Argyrothemis
- Brachymesia
- Brechmorhoga
- Cannaphila
- Celithemis
- Crocothemis
- Dasythemis
- Diastatops
- Dythemis
- Edonis
- Elasmothemis
- Elga
- Erythemis
- Erythrodiplax
- Fylgia
- Gynothemis
- Idiataphe
- Leucorrhinia
- Libellula (including Plathemis)
- Macrodiplax
- Macrothemis
- Miathryia
- Micrathryia
- Misagria
- Nannophya
- Nannothemis
- Nephepeltia
- Nothodiplax
- Oligoclada
- Orthemis
- Pachydiplax
- Paltothemis
- Pantala
- Perithemis
- Phyllothemis
- Planiplax
- Pseudoleon
- Rhodopygia
- Scapanea
- Sympetrum
- Tauriphila
- Tholymis
- Tramea
- Uracis
- Ypirangathemis
- Zenithoptera
- Zyxomma
Species see text Libellula is a genus in the Libellulidae family. ...
Species Zyxomma atlanticum Zyxomma breviventre Zyxomma elgneri Zyxomma multivernorum Zyxomma obtusum Zyxomma petiolatum Zyxomma is a genus of dragonfly. ...
References
Bibliography - Silsby, Jill. 2001. Dragonflies of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.
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