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I propose the most recent (Feb 2005) Taxonomy http://www2.ups.edu/biology/museum/NAdragons.html as the list to adopt. I've actually made an "executive decision" and changed the Aeshna Taxonomy page http://bugguide.net/node/view/6322/tree to reflect this. Because this "new" Taxonomy is at odds with Dunkle I have made a crude amendment to the page to reflect this. I strongly believe that we have to recognize the names in popular texts so that one can find biological information on a species. I figured it was simplest to make the changes and then open up the topic for discussion; we can always reverse the changes.
Contributed by Tony on 25 March, 2005 - 7:52am

problem with this list
Stephen Cresswell has pointed out on this page that the Univ. of Puget Sound list is out of date (even though the page itself claims "The list is kept up to date with taxonomic changes, name changes, and species newly added to the fauna." and states that it was updated in February 2005). For example, Eastern Pondhawk and Western Pondhawk are listed as separate species eventhough the two were combined into a single species, Common Pondhawk, by the Dragonfly Society of the Americas in 2004.

The Dragonfly Society of the Americas (hosted online at Odonata Central) does not provide an online list of Odonata. And the Odonata Central site provides separate lists for United States and Canada.

The problem with the above US and Canada lists is that they don't agree with each other! Does anyone know of a single online Odonata list that covers all of North America and is actually kept up to date?
… Robin McLeod, 23 July, 2005 - 10:01pm

lydia moved
I moved Libellula lydia to Plathemis in accordance with the Odonata of North America classification.
… Robin McLeod, 26 March, 2005 - 12:32am

Just remove obsolete pages
I say just remove the obsolete (renamed) pages. There's no real reason to keep those around. We can capture previous classifications in the synonyms field, which is indexed for search here, and will get picked up by the search engines.

You should be able to remove them, but if not let me know.
… Troy Bartlett, 25 March, 2005 - 2:04pm

The Balabans proposed that one some weeks back
Given the web accessibility and that several people have proposed or recommended it, I think it's a done deal.
… Troy Bartlett, 25 March, 2005 - 1:58pm

 
maybe so,
I was not trying to claim any credit for the suggestion. However, I saw no evidence, in the treatment of Aeshna, that anyone had followed through with the recommendation. I made the changes this am to reflect the current situation. Perhaps I should have stated that many people had made the recommendation and that I had acted upon it.
… Tony, 25 March, 2005 - 3:15pm

 
No criticism meant :)
I was only pointing out that others had mentioned it which lends more support.
… Troy Bartlett, 25 March, 2005 - 3:19pm

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