ANISOPTERA
(dragonflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
images
No of
ID refs
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Family 6 subtaxa 66 images 7 ident. refs
Family 1 subtaxa 11 images 1 ident. refs
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Genus 1 subtaxa 11 images 1 ident. refs
Family 2 subtaxa 5 ident. refs
Family 1 subtaxa 15 images
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Genus 1 subtaxa 15 images
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Family 10 subtaxa 115 images 8 ident. refs
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Unidentified 5 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuborderANISOPTERA (dragonflies)
OrderODONATA (dragonflies and damselflies)
InfraclassPalaeoptera (dragonflies, damselflies and mayflies)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Larvae And Exuviae

in the field() Cham, S. 2007 Field Guide to the larvae and exuviae of British Dragonflies - Volume 1:Dragonflies (Anisoptera) 75pp, British Dragonfly Society

ANISOPTERA (dragonflies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ANISOPTERA (dragonflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ANISOPTERA (dragonflies)
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