CORDULIIDAE Selys, 1850
(emerald dragonflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
Cordulia aenea
Downy Emerald
Species 4 ident. refs
Somatochlora
emerald dragonflies
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyCORDULIIDAE (emerald 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)

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CORDULIIDAE (emerald dragonflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CORDULIIDAE (emerald dragonflies)
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