Taxonomy Profile: Libellulidae

Libellulidae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Family
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
common skimmers []
libellulidés []
Skimmers []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Libellulidae: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Protostomia
Superdivision : Ecdysozoa
Phylum : Arthropoda
arthropods |
Artrópode |
arthropodes |
Subphylum : Hexapoda
hexapods |
Class : Insecta
insects |
hexapoda |
inseto |
insectes |
Subclass : Pterygota
winged insects |
insects ailés |
Infraclass : Palaeoptera
ancient winged insects |
Order : Odonata
libélula |
damselflies |
dragonflies |
Suborder : Anisoptera
dragonflies |
libellules |
Family : Libellulidae
common skimmers |
libellulidés |
Skimmers |
Libellulidae Direct Children(s):
Pachydiplax
(Brauer 1868)
Pantala
(Hagen 1861)
Perithemis
(Hagen 1861)
Plathemis
(Hagen 1861)
Pseudoleon
(Kirby 1889)
Tauriphila
(Kirby 1889)
Tramea
(Hagen 1861)
Brachymesia
(Kirby 1889)
Brechmorhoga
(Kirby 1894)
Cannaphila
(Kirby 1889)
Celithemis
(Hagen 1861)
Dythemis
(Hagen 1861)
Erythemis
(Hagen 1861)
Erythrodiplax
(Brauer 1868)
Ladona
(Needham 1899)
Leucorrhinia
(Brittinger 1850)
Libellula
(Linnaeus 1758)
Macrothemis
(Hagen 1868)
Nannothemis
(Brauer 1868)
Micrathyria
(Kirby 1889)
Orthemis
(Hagen 1861)
Sympetrum
(Newman 1833)
Tholymis
(Hagen 1867)
Phyllothemis
(Fraser 1935)
Macrodiplax
(Brauer 1868)
Miathyria
(Kirby 1889)
Idiataphe
(Cowley 1934)
Scapanea
(Kirby 1889)
Crocothemis
(Brauer 1868)
Paltothemis
(Karsch 1890)
Anatya
(Kirby 1889)
Antidythemis
(Kirby 1889)
Argyrothemis
(Ris 1909)
Dasythemis
(Karsch 1889)
Diastatops
(Rambur 1842)
Edonis
(Needham 1905)
Elasmothemis
(Westfall 1988)
Elga
(Ris 1909)
Fylgia
(Kirby 1889)
Gynothemis
(Calvert in Ris 1909)
Misagria
(Kirby 1889)
Nephepeltia
(Kirby 1889)
Nothodiplax
(Belle 1984)
Oligoclada
(Karsch 1890)
Planiplax
(Muttkowski 1910)
Rhodopygia
(Kirby 1889)
Uracis
(Rambur 1842)
Ypirangathemis
(Santos 1945)
Zenithoptera
(Selys 1869)
Deielia
(Kirby 1889)
Nesogonia
(Kirby 1898)
Libellulidae: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Libellulidae
Source:
A synonymic list of the New World Odonata - Oct 2004
Acquired:
2006-01-18
Notes:
Maintained by Rosser W. Garrison, at http://www2.ups.edu/biology/museum/NewWorldOD.html
Reference for:
Libellulidae
Source:
North American Odonata - The Odonata of North America
Acquired:
2007-03-15
Notes:
Maintained by the Dragonfly Society of the Americas at http://www.ups.edu/x7015.xml
Reference for:
Libellulidae
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Paulson, Dennis R., and Sidney W. Dunkle
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1999-06-15 / 2002-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
A Checklist of North American Odonata including English name, etymology, type locality, and distribution
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound, Occasional Paper no. 56
Page(s):
88
Publisher:
The University of Puget Sound
Publication Place:
Tacoma, Washington, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
This is the third printing with revisions. Publication was originally printed on 15 June 1999
Reference for:
Libellulidae
Libellulidae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Libellulidae: Comments