Sympetrum striolatum (Charpentier, 1840)
(Common Darter Dragonfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSympetrum striolatum (Common Darter Dragonfly)
GenusSympetrum (darter dragonflies)
FamilyLIBELLULIDAE (chaser, darter and skimmer 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)
Records of Sympetrum striolatum (Common Darter Dragonfly) :
1: Sympetrum striolatum (Common Darter Dragonfly)
7 Oct 2014 OSGR: SU30 50° 50’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, basking on log in sunshine
Image 1: Male - dorsal viewImage 2: Male - front three quarter view
2: Sympetrum striolatum (Common Darter Dragonfly)
11 Oct 2005 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Late season female with strong red colouration, basking on dead Pine trunk . Photos: Late season female (coloured up red)
Image 1: Female - basking - antero-dorsal viewImage 2: Female - basking - dorsal viewImage 3: Female - basking - dorso-lateral viewImage 4: Female - basking - lateral viewImage 5: Female - basking - latero-dorsal viewImage 6: Female - basking - latero-dorsal view (2)Image 7: Female - front three-quarter view - close-upImage 8: Female - front three-quarter view - close-up (2)Image 9: Female - face - front three-quarter view - close-up - enlargedImage 10: Female - front three-quarter view - close-up - enlarged
3: Sympetrum striolatum (Common Darter Dragonfly)
22 Aug 2005 OSGR: NH90 57° 10’ N, 3° 50’ W Vice County: East Inverness-shire (VC 96) Scotland
Flying around small bog beside Scottish loch.
Image 1: Dorsal view
4: Sympetrum striolatum (Common Darter Dragonfly)
13 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Exuvia swept from sedge
Image 1: Exuvia - uppersideImage 2: Exuvia - undersideImage 3: Mask - upperside - close-upImage 4: Mask - underside - close-up

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Revels, R. 2005 Common Darters in tandem Vol 17, No 2 Page: 124

Sympetrum striolatum (Common Darter Dragonfly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sympetrum striolatum (Common Darter Dragonfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Sympetrum striolatum (Common Darter Dragonfly)
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