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BugGuide Gathering
Smoky Mountains
University of Tennessee Biological Field Station
August 8-10, 2008
 
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Order Odonata - Dragonflies and Damselflies

Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)
Numbers

3 suborders: Anisoptera (Dragonflies), Zygoptera (Damselflies), Anisozygoptera (only in Asia) (2)
Internet References
Odonata of North America--checklist, University of Puget Sound. See discussion on use of this as an authority for taxonomy, common names
A list of the species in the extreme NE can be found here. Go to the home page. URL below, click onMDDS 2005 Final Report and scroll to Table 2. Lists 142 spp. in NH, 158 spp, in ME, 131 spp. in NB. Lots of other info.
Strickland's Site, fantastic annotated scans for identification: here
Works Cited
1.A Field Guide to Insects
By Richard E. White, Donald J. Borror, Roger Tory Peterson
2.Damselflies of the Northeast
By Ed Lam