Brachytron pratense (Muller, 1764)
(Hairy Dragonfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBrachytron pratense (Hairy Dragonfly)
FamilyAESHNIDAE (emperor and hawker dragonflies)
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
Bailey, M. 2003 Mating Hairy Dragonflies Vol 14, No. 3 Page: 197
Revels, R. 2005 Hairy Dragonfly Vol 16, No. 6 Page: 417
Wilson, P. 2002 Hairy Dragonfly Vol 13, No. 4 Page: 269

Brachytron pratense (Hairy Dragonfly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Brachytron pratense (Hairy Dragonfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Brachytron pratense (Hairy Dragonfly)
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