Odonata

Anax imperator

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Superordo: Odonatoptera
Ordo: Odonata
Subordines: Anisoptera – Anisozygoptera – Zygoptera
[Source: World Odonata List; Dijkstra et al., 2013; Bybee et al., 2021; Nota: This classification considers only extant taxa.]

secundum Bechly, 1996

Subordines: Epiprocta – Zygoptera

Subordo incertae sedis: †Peraphlebia

nom

Odonata Fabricius, 1793: 373

References

Primary references

• Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus II. Christ. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae, viii + 519 pp. BHL Gallica. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Armstrong, J.S. 1973. Odonata of the Kermadec Islands. New Zealand entomologist, 5: 277–283. PDF BUGZ
• Bechly, G. 1996. Morphologische Untersuchungen am Flugelgeader der rezenten Libellen und deren Stammgruppenvertreter (Insecta; Pterygota; Odonata) unter besonderer Berucksichtigung der phylogenetischen Systematik und des Grundplanes der Odonata. Petalura Special Volume 2: 402 pp, 3 tabls, 111 figs. Reference page. 
• Bechly, G. 2018. First record and a new species of the fossil dragonfly genus Proinogomphus (Odonata: Liassogomphidae) from the Early Jurassic of Bascharage in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Zootaxa 4450(1): 108–114. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.1.7 . PDF. Reference page. 
• Bernard, R. & Daraż, B. 2018. New records of dragonflies (Odonata) in Zambia. African Invertebrates 59(2): 165–193. DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.59.29021 Reference page. 
• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the family-group, genus-group and species-group names of the Odonata of the world (third edition). Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL.
• Bybee, S.M., Kalkman, V.J., Erickson, R.J., Frandsen, P.B., Breinholt, J.W., Suvorov, A., Dijkstra, K.-D.B., Cordero-Rivera, A., Skevington, J.H., Abbott, J.C., Sanchez Herrera, M., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E. & Ware, J.L. 2021. Phylogeny and classification of Odonata using targeted genomics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 160: 107115. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107115 . Reference page. 
• Cannings, R.A. 2019. Odonata of Canada. Pp 227–241 In Langor, D.W. & Sheffield, C.S. (eds.). The Biota of Canada – A Biodiversity Assessment. Part 1: The Terrestrial Arthropods. ZooKeys 819: 520 pp. Reference page. . DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.819.25780 Reference page. 
• Dijkstra, K.-D.B., Bechly, G., Bybee, S.M., Dow, R.A., Dumont, H.J., Fleck, G., Garrison, R.W., Hämäläinen, M., Kalkman, V.J., Karube, H., May, M.L., Orr, A.G., Paulson, D.R., Rehn, A.C., Theischinger, G., Trueman, J.W.H., van Tol, J., von Ellenrieder, N. & Ware, J. 2013. The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2013. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness (Addenda 2013). Zootaxa 3703(1): 36–45. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9 . Reference page. 
• Grand, D., Marinov, M., Jourdan, H., Cook, C., Rouys, S., Mille, C. & Theuerkauf, J. 2019. Distribution, habitats, phenology and conservation of New Caledonian Odonata. Zootaxa 4640(1): 1–112. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4640.1.1 Reference page. 
• Kipping, J., Clausnitzer, V., Elizalde, S.R.F.F. & Dijkstra, K-D.B. 2017. The dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) of Angola. African Invertebrates 58(1): 65–91. DOI: 10.3897/AfrInvertebr.58.11382. Reference page. 
• Lohmann, H. 1996. Das phylogenetische System der Anisoptera (Odonata). Entomologische Zeitschrift 106(6): 209–252, 106(7): 253–266, 106(9): 360–367. [not seen]
• Mauffray, W.F. & Tennessen, K.J. 2019. A Catalogue and Historical Study of the Odonata of Ecuador. Zootaxa 4628(1): 1–265. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4628.1.1 Reference page. 
• Muzón, J., Pessacq, P. & Lozano, F. 2014. The Odonata (Insecta) of Patagonia: A synopsis of their current status with illustrated keys for their identification. Zootaxa 3784(4): 346–388. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3784.4.2 . Reference page. 
• Powney, Brooks, S.J., Barwell, L.J., Bowles, P., Fitt, R.N.L., Pavitt, A., Spriggs, R.A. & Isaac, N.J.B. 2014. Morphological and geographical traits of the British Odonata. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1041. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1041 . Reference page. 
• Rehn, A.C. 2003. Phylogenetic analysis of higher-level relationships of Odonata. Systematic Entomology 28(2): 181–239. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3113.2003.00210.x . PDF
• Schneider, T., Ikemeyer, D., Müller, O. & Dumont, H.J. 2018. Checklist of the dragonflies (Odonata) of Iran with new records and notes on distribution and taxonomy. Zootaxa 4394(1): 1–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.1.1 Reference page. 
• Trueman, J.W.H. 2007. A brief history of the classification and nomenclature of Odonata. Pp. 381-394 In: Zhang, Z.-Q. & Shear, W.A. (eds) Linnaeus tercentenary: progress in invertebrate taxonomy. Zootaxa 1668: 1–766. Abstract & excerpt. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1668.1.20 .

Links

• Naturalis Taxonomy: Odonata [1]
• Paulson, D., Schorr, M., Abbott, J., Bota-Sierra, C., Deliry, C., Dijkstra, K.-D. & Lozano, F. (coordinators) 2024. World Odonata List. OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
• Bechly, G. 2008. Phylogenetic Systematics of Odonata.

Vernacular names

Alemannisch: Teifelslnodle
azərbaycanca: İynəcələr
башҡортса: Энәғараҡтар
беларуская: Стракозы
български: Водни кончета
kaszëbsczi: Wôżczi
čeština: Vážky
чӑвашла: Йĕп вăрри
Cymraeg: Gwas y neidr
dansk: Guldsmede
Deutsch: Libellen
Ελληνικά: Οδοντόγναθα
English: damselflies, dragonflies
Esperanto: Libelo
español: Libélula
eesti: Kiililised
suomi: Sudenkorennot
Nordfriisk: Skirskööden
français: Odonates
hrvatski: Vretenca
magyar: Szitakötők
íslenska: Vogvængjur
日本語: トンボ目 (蜻蛉目)
ქართული: ნემსიყლაპიები
Kongo: Kimpungunzala
қазақша: Инеліктер
перем коми: Юрсигусь
한국어: 잠자리목 (청령목)
кыргызча: Ийнелик
лакку: Барзукка
Lëtzebuergesch: Libellen
lietuvių: Žirgeliai
latviešu: Spāres
кырык мары: Коговуйванды
эрзянь: Салмуксоньзалы
Plattdüütsch: Goldpeer
Nederlands: Libellen
norsk: Øyenstikkere
ирон: Туасæн
polski: Ważki
русский: Стрекозы
davvisámegiella: skáhčasat, skáhččasat
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Vilinski konjici / вилински коњици
slovenčina: Vážky
slovenščina: Kačji pastir
српски / srpski: Вилински коњици
svenska: Trollsländor
தமிழ்: தட்டான்
Türkçe: Kızböcekleri
татарча / tatarça: Энә караклары
українська: Бабки
West-Vlams: Libelln
中文: 蜻蜓目

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