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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, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassPalaeoptera  – ancient winged insects  
                            OrderOdonata Fabricius, 1793 – libélula, damselflies, dragonflies  
                               SuborderAnisoptera Selys, 1854 – dragonflies, libellules  
                                  FamilyLibellulidae  – common skimmers, libellulidés, Skimmers  
    Direct Children:  
                                     GenusAnatya Kirby, 1889  
                                     GenusAntidythemis Kirby, 1889  
                                     GenusArgyrothemis Ris, 1909  
                                     GenusBrachymesia Kirby, 1889  
                                     GenusBrechmorhoga Kirby, 1894  
                                     GenusCannaphila Kirby, 1889  
                                     GenusCelithemis Hagen, 1861  
                                     GenusCrocothemis Brauer, 1868  
                                     GenusDasythemis Karsch, 1889  
                                     GenusDeielia Kirby, 1889  
                                     GenusDiastatops Rambur, 1842  
                                     GenusDythemis Hagen, 1861  
                                     GenusEdonis Needham, 1905  
                                     GenusElasmothemis Westfall, 1988  
                                     GenusElga Ris, 1909  
                                     GenusErythemis Hagen, 1861  
                                     GenusErythrodiplax Brauer, 1868  
                                     GenusFylgia Kirby, 1889  
                                     GenusGynothemis Calvert in Ris, 1909  
                                     GenusIdiataphe Cowley, 1934  
                                     GenusLadona Needham, 1899  
                                     GenusLeucorrhinia Brittinger, 1850  
                                     GenusLibellula Linnaeus, 1758  
                                     GenusMacrodiplax Brauer, 1868  
                                     GenusMacrothemis Hagen, 1868  
                                     GenusMiathyria Kirby, 1889  
                                     GenusMicrathyria Kirby, 1889  
                                     GenusMisagria Kirby, 1889  
                                     GenusNannothemis Brauer, 1868  
                                     GenusNephepeltia Kirby, 1889  
                                     GenusNesogonia Kirby, 1898  
                                     GenusNothodiplax Belle, 1984  
                                     GenusOligoclada Karsch, 1890  
                                     GenusOrthemis Hagen, 1861  
                                     GenusPachydiplax Brauer, 1868  
                                     GenusPaltothemis Karsch, 1890  
                                     GenusPantala Hagen, 1861  
                                     GenusPerithemis Hagen, 1861  
                                     GenusPhyllothemis Fraser, 1935  
                                     GenusPlaniplax Muttkowski, 1910  
                                     GenusPlathemis Hagen, 1861  
                                     GenusPseudoleon Kirby, 1889  
                                     GenusRhodopygia Kirby, 1889  
                                     GenusScapanea Kirby, 1889  
                                     GenusSympetrum Newman, 1833  
                                     GenusTauriphila Kirby, 1889  
                                     GenusTholymis Hagen, 1867  
                                     GenusTramea Hagen, 1861  
                                     GenusUracis Rambur, 1842  
                                     GenusYpirangathemis Santos, 1945  
                                     GenusZenithoptera Selys, 1869  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
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  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 [English]   
       

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