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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 ...
Coenagrionidae is a family of damselflies, also known as pond damselflies, in the order Odonata and the suborder Zygoptera. [2] The Zygoptera are the damselflies, which although less known than the dragonflies, are no less common. More than 1,300 species are in this family, making it the largest damselfly family.
A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. About 3,000 extant species of dragonflies are known. Most are tropical, with fewer species in temperate regions. Loss of wetland habitat threatens dragonfly populations around the world.
The Odonatoptera are a superorder (sometimes treated as an order) of ancient winged insects, placed in the probably paraphyletic group Palaeoptera.The dragonflies and damselflies (which are placed in the subgroup Odonata) are the only living members of this group, which was far more diverse in the late Paleozoic and contained gigantic species, including the griffinflies (colloquially called ...
Order: Odonata: Suborder: Zygoptera: Family: Coenagrionidae: Genus: Coenagrion Kirby, 1890 [1] Coenagrion is a genus of damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae, [2 ...
Articles relating to the Odonata, an order of flying insects that includes the dragonflies and damselflies. Members of the group first appeared during the Triassic , though members of their total group , Odonatoptera , first appeared in Late Carboniferous .
The Cordulegastridae are a family of Odonata (dragonflies) from the suborder Anisoptera. They are commonly known as spiketails. [2] Some vernacular names for the species of this family are biddie and flying adder. [3] They have large, brown or black bodies with yellow markings, and narrow unpatterned wings.
List of Odonata species of South Africa; List of Odonata species of Sri Lanka; T. List of Odonata species of Taiwan This page was last edited on 8 April 2017, at ...