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Family Libellulidae - Skimmers

Wandering Glider - Pantala flavescens Dragonfly - Leucorrhinia intacta - male Widow Skimmer - Libellula luctuosa Autumn Meadowhawk - Sympetrum vicinum - female Widow Skimmer - Libellula luctuosa - male red dragonfly - Libellula needhami Cherry-faced Meadowhawk? - male Dragonfly ID Request - Dythemis nigrescens - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)
Suborder Anisoptera (Dragonflies)
Family Libellulidae (Skimmers)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
This is Libellulidae s.s. Some authors include Corduliidae amd Macromiidae as subfamilies within Libellulidae and treat this group as a subfamily.(1)
Numbers
109 spp. in 28 genera in our area(2), ca. 945 spp. in 143 genera worldwide(1)
Range
Cosmopolitan; in NA, south of the tree line
Works Cited
1.Dragonfly Genera of the New World
Rosser W. Garrison, Natalia von Ellenrieder, Jerry A. Louton. 2006. Johns Hopkins University Press.
2.Dragonfly Society of the Americas. 2012. North American Odonata