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Odonata is an order of predatory flying insects that includes the dragonflies and damselflies (as well as the Epiophlebia damsel-dragonflies). The two major groups are distinguished with dragonflies (Anisoptera) usually being bulkier with large compound eyes together and wings spread up or out at rest, while damselflies (suborder Zygoptera) are usually more slender with eyes placed apart and ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... Coenagrionoidea is a superfamily of closed wing damselflies of the order Odonata found ...
Argiolestidae is a family of flat-wing damselflies in the order Odonata. There are at least 20 genera and more than 160 described species in Argiolestidae. There are at least 20 genera and more than 160 described species in Argiolestidae.
Hypolestidae is a family of damselflies in the order Odonata. There are at least four genera and about six described species in Hypolestidae. There are at least four genera and about six described species in Hypolestidae.
Damselflies are flying insects of the suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata. They are similar to dragonflies (which constitute the other odonatan suborder, Epiprocta) but are usually smaller and have slimmer bodies. Most species fold the wings along the body when at rest, unlike dragonflies which hold the wings flat and away from the body.
Epiprocta is one of the two extant suborders of the Odonata, which contains living dragonflies (Anisoptera), as well as Epiophlebioptera, which has a single known living genus Epiophlebia. Crown group Epiprocta first appeared during the Early Jurassic. [1] It was proposed in 1992 by Heinrich Lohmann to accommodate the inclusion of the ...
Thaumatoneuridae is a family of damselflies in the order Odonata. There are at least three genera and about five described species in Thaumatoneuridae. There are at least three genera and about five described species in Thaumatoneuridae.
The characteristic habitat of Ophiogomphus cecilia are creeks with a sandy-gravelly bottom, moderate flow speed and shallow water depth, shading in places by trees on the banks and little pollution.