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Zygoptera  Selys, 1854
Taxonomic Serial No.: 102042

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Suborder  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): damselflies [English]
  
    demoiselles [French]
  
       
  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  
                               SuborderZygoptera Selys, 1854 – damselflies, demoiselles  
    Direct Children:  
                                  FamilyAmphipterygidae   
                                  FamilyCalopterygidae  – broad-winged damselflies, Broad-winged Damsels 
                                  FamilyCoenagrionidae  – narrow-winged damselflies, Pond damsels, Pond Damsels 
                                  FamilyDicteriadidae   
                                  FamilyLestidae  – spread-winged damselflies, Spreadwings 
                                  FamilyMegapodagrionidae   
                                  FamilyPerilestidae   
                                  FamilyPlatystictidae  – Shadowdamsels 
                                  FamilyPolythoridae   
                                  FamilyProtoneuridae  – Threadtails 
                                  FamilyPseudostigmatidae   
                                  FamilySynlestidae   
       

 References
       
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  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: demoiselles[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: Zygoptera   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Zygoptera   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Garrison, Rosser W. / Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1997   
  Article/Chapter Title: Odonata   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 4: Non-Holometabolous Orders   
  Page(s): 551-580   
  Publisher: Entomological Information Services   
  Publication Place: Rockville, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-889002-04-6   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Zygoptera   
       

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