Family Macromiidae - Cruisers

Classification · Other Common Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

Illinois River Cruiser (teneral male) - Macromia illinoiensis - male

Dragonfly id please? - Macromia taeniolata

Somatochlora sp? - Didymops transversa - male

Royal River Cruiser - Macromia taeniolata - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)

Suborder Anisoptera (Dragonflies)

Family Macromiidae (Cruisers)

Other Common Names

River Emeralds(1)

Numbers

9 spp. in 2 genera in our area(2), 3 genera worldwide (incl. Macromia with >100 spp.)(1)

Range

worldwide; Macromia is cosmopolitan, Didymops Nearctic, and one Oriental genus(1)

Works Cited

1.	Dragonflies of the World Jill Silsby. 2001. Smithsonian Institution Press.

2.	Dragonfly Society of the Americas. 2012. North American Odonata

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, v belov
Last updated 3 February, 2011 - 12:25am

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