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Libellulidae  
Taxonomic Serial No.: 101797

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): common skimmers [English]
  
    libellulidés [French]
  
    Skimmers [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial    
  Latest Record Review: 2006    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumArthropoda  -- arthropodes, arthropods, Artrópode  
       SubphylumHexapoda  -- hexapods  
          ClassInsecta  -- hexapoda, insectes, insects, inseto  
             SubclassPterygota  -- insects ailés, winged insects  
                InfraclassPalaeoptera  -- ancient winged insects  
                   OrderOdonata Fabricius, 1793 -- damselflies, dragonflies, libélula  
                      SuborderAnisoptera Selys, 1854 -- dragonflies, libellules  
                         FamilyLibellulidae  -- common skimmers, libellulidés, Skimmers  
    Direct Children:  
                            Genus Anatya Kirby, 1889  
                            Genus Antidythemis Kirby, 1889  
                            Genus Argyrothemis Ris, 1909  
                            Genus Brachymesia Kirby, 1889  
                            Genus Brechmorhoga Kirby, 1894  
                            Genus Cannaphila Kirby, 1889  
                            Genus Celithemis Hagen, 1861  
                            Genus Crocothemis Brauer, 1868  
                            Genus Dasythemis Karsch, 1889  
                            Genus Deielia Kirby, 1889  
                            Genus Diastatops Rambur, 1842  
                            Genus Dythemis Hagen, 1861  
                            Genus Edonis Needham, 1905  
                            Genus Elasmothemis Westfall, 1988  
                            Genus Elga Ris, 1909  
                            Genus Erythemis Hagen, 1861  
                            Genus Erythrodiplax Brauer, 1868  
                            Genus Fylgia Kirby, 1889  
                            Genus Gynothemis Calvert in Ris, 1909  
                            Genus Idiataphe Cowley, 1934  
                            Genus Ladona Needham, 1899  
                            Genus Leucorrhinia Brittinger, 1850  
                            Genus Libellula Linnaeus, 1758  
                            Genus Macrodiplax Brauer, 1868  
                            Genus Macrothemis Hagen, 1868  
                            Genus Miathyria Kirby, 1889  
                            Genus Micrathyria Kirby, 1889  
                            Genus Misagria Kirby, 1889  
                            Genus Nannothemis Brauer, 1868  
                            Genus Nephepeltia Kirby, 1889  
                            Genus Nesogonia Kirby, 1898  
                            Genus Nothodiplax Belle, 1984  
                            Genus Oligoclada Karsch, 1890  
                            Genus Orthemis Hagen, 1861  
                            Genus Pachydiplax Brauer, 1868  
                            Genus Paltothemis Karsch, 1890  
                            Genus Pantala Hagen, 1861  
                            Genus Perithemis Hagen, 1861  
                            Genus Phyllothemis Fraser, 1935  
                            Genus Planiplax Muttkowski, 1910  
                            Genus Plathemis Hagen, 1861  
                            Genus Pseudoleon Kirby, 1889  
                            Genus Rhodopygia Kirby, 1889  
                            Genus Scapanea Kirby, 1889  
                            Genus Sympetrum Newman, 1833  
                            Genus Tauriphila Kirby, 1889  
                            Genus Tholymis Hagen, 1867  
                            Genus Tramea Hagen, 1861  
                            Genus Uracis Rambur, 1842  
                            Genus Ypirangathemis Santos, 1945  
                            Genus Zenithoptera Selys, 1869  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert:    
  Notes:    
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  Other Source(s):    
  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: libellulidés [French]   
       
  Source: A synonymic list of the New World Odonata - Oct 2004, website (version Oct 2004)  
  Acquired: 2006   
  Notes: Maintained by Rosser W. Garrison, at http://www2.ups.edu/biology/museum/NewWorldOD.html   
  Reference for: Libellulidae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Libellulidae, common skimmers [English]   
       
  Source: North American Odonata - The Odonata of North America, website (version Sept. 2006)  
  Acquired: 2007   
  Notes: Maintained by the Dragonfly Society of the Americas at http://www.ups.edu/x7015.xml   
  Reference for: Libellulidae, Skimmers [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Paulson, Dennis R., and Sidney W. Dunkle  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: A Checklist of North American Odonata including English name, etymology, type locality, and distribution   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound, Occasional Paper no. 56   
  Page(s): 88   
  Publisher: The University of Puget Sound   
  Publication Place: Tacoma, Washington, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: This is the third printing with revisions. Publication was originally printed on 15 June 1999   
  Reference for: Libellulidae, Skimmers   
       

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