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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae)

Family Libellulidae - Skimmers

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Dragonfly - Sympetrum semicinctum Needham's Skimmer - Libellula needhami Banded Pennant - Celithemis fasciata Ladona julia 7-13-11 04a - Ladona julia eastern pondhawk - Erythemis simplicicollis - female saddlebag? - Tramea carolina Saffron-winged Meadowhawk? - Sympetrum costiferum - male Slaty or Bar-winged Skimmer? - Libellula
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
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 2 February, 2011 - 11:39pm

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