Checklist of Order Odonata Fabricius, 1793 (Damselflies)
for Netherlands (Benelux)
List of families for Netherlands
19 Families width 181 Species and 8 Subspecies | Aeshnidae Rambur, 1842 | Darners | 31 | Species | Taxom | | Megapodagrionidae Tillyard, 1917 | Flatwing | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890 | Narrow-winged damselflies | 33 | Species | Taxom | | Libellulidae Rambur, 1842 | Chasers | 62 | Species | Taxom | | Platycnemididae Tillyard, 1917 | White-legged damselflies | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Calopterygidae Selys, 1850 | Broad-winged damselflies | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Lestidae Calvert, 1901 | Spread-winged damselflies | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Chlorogomphidae Needham, 1903 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chlorolestidae Fraser, 1960 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cordulegastridae Calvert, 1893 | Biddie | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Corduliidae Selys-Longch..., 1850 | Baskettails | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Gomphidae (Rambur, 1842) | Club-tailed dragonflies | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Platystictidae Laidlaw, 1924 | Forest Damselflies | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Thaumatoneuridae Fraser, 1957 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Protoneuridae Tillyard, 1917 | Bambootails | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Synthemidae Tillyard, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chlorocyphidae Cowley, 1937 | Jewel damselfly | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Isostictidae Fraser, 1955 | Narrow-wings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudostigmatidae Tillyard, 1917 | Forest giants | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for Netherlands
86 Genera with 181 Species
| Aeschna Shaw and Hop..., 1805 | hawker dragonfly | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Aeshna Fabricius, 1836 | Aeshna Dragonfly | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Anaciaeschna Selys, 1767 | Aeshna | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anax Leach, 1839 | Emperors And Green Darners | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Archiargiolestes Kennedy, 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Argia Rambur, 1865 | Dancers | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Austroaeschna Selys, 1909 | Dromaeschna | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Austroargiolestes Kennedy, 1862 | Flatwings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brachymesia Kirby, 1889 | Pennants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brachytron Evans, 1764 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Calicnemia Strand, 1984 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calopteryx Leach, 1758 | Demoiselle Damselflies | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Celithemis Hagen, 1773 | Pennants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cercion Navas, 1840 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ceriagrion Selys, 1789 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chalcolestes Kennedy, 1825 | Willow Spreadwings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chlorogomphus Selys, 2018 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chlorolestes Selys, 1839 | Malachites | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chromagrion Needham, 1876 | Aurora Damsels | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coeliccia Kirby, 2016 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coenagrion Kirby, 1839 | Eurasian Bluets | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Cordulegaster Leach, 1807 | Golden-Ringed Dragonflies | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cordulia Leach, 1758 | American Emerald | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Crocothemis Brauer, 1832 | Skimmers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclogomphus Selys, 1854 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diplacina Brauer, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Drepanosticta Laidlaw, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elga Ris, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Enallagma Charpentier, 1861 | American Bluets | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Eothaumatoneura Pongracz, 1935 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epipotoneura Williamson, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epitheca Burmeister, 1825 | Baskettails | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epophthalmia Burmeister, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Erythemis Hagen, 1775 | Pondhawks | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Erythrodiplax Brauer, 1773 | Dragonlets | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Erythromma Charpentier, 1840 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Eusynthemis Förster, 1871 | Tigertails | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gomphus Leach, 1758 | Club-Tailed Dragonflies | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Gynacantha Rambur, 2015 | Duskhawkers | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Heliocypha Fraser, 2016 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hemianax Selys, 1839 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hetaerina Hagen, 1853 | Rubyspots | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ictinogomphus Cowley, 1842 | Swamp Tigertail | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Idiocnemis Selys, 1878 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ischnura Charpentier, 1839 | Forktail | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Lestes Leach, 1825 | Emerald Damselflies | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Leucorrhinia Brittinger, 1758 | Whitefaces | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Libellula Linnaeus, 1793 | Chaser Or Darter Dragonfly | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Lyriothemis Brauer, 1883 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macrothemis Hagen, 1913 | Sylphs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metaleptobasis Calvert, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Micrathyria Kirby, 1919 | Dashers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Microgomphus Selys, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mnesarete Cowley, 1853 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nehalennia Selys, 1840 | Sprites | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nesoxenia Kirby, 1878 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neuraeschna Hagen, 1839 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oligoclada Karsch, 1993 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Onychogomphus Selys, 1758 | Pincertails | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ophiogomphus Selys, 1785 | Snaketails | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Orthemis Hagen, 1775 | tropical king skimmer | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Orthetrum Newman, 1798 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Oxygastra Selys, 1834 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachydiplax Brauer, 1839 | Blue Dashers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pantala Hagen, 1840 | Rainpool Gliders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Paragomphus Cowley, 1934 | Hooktails | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Perithemis Hagen, 1840 | Amberwings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platycnemis Burmeister, 1771 | Featherlegs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Prodasineura Cowley, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Progomphus Selys, 1842 | Sanddragons | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudagrion Selys, 1842 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrrhosoma Charpentier, 1776 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhionaeschna Förster, 1775 | Blue-eyed darners | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhipidolestes Ris, 1951 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhyothemis Hagen, 1878 | Flutterers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Selysioneura Förster, 1949 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Somatochlora Selys, 1825 | Emerald Dragonflies | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Stylurus Needham, 1825 | Hanging Clubtails | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sympecma Burmeister, 1877 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Sympetrum Newman, 1758 | Darter Dragonfly | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Tholymis Hagen, 1867 | Evening Skimmers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Triacanthagyna Selys, 1857 | Three-spined Darners | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trithemis Brauer, 1839 | Dropwings | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Uracis Rambur, 1839 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthostigma Navas, 1832 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zygonyx Hagen, 1869 | Cascaders | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Netherlands
181 Species and 8 Subspecies | Aeschna grandis | | | Aeschna juncea (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Aeshna juncea Linnaeus, 1758 | | Aeschna mixta (Latreille, 1805) | ⇒ Aeshna mixta Latreille, 1805 | | Aeshna affinis Vander Linden, 1820 | Blue-eyed hawker | | Aeshna caerulea Ström, 1783 | Azure hawker | | Aeshna cyanea O. F. Müller, 1764 | Blue hawker | | Aeshna eremita Scudder, 1866 | Lake darner | | Aeshna grandis Linnaeus, 1758 | Amber-winged Hawker | | Aeshna isoceles Müller, 1767 | Green-eyed Hawker | | Aeshna isosceles (Walker, 1908) | ⇒ Aeshna isoceles Müller, 1767 | | Aeshna juncea Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Aeshna | | Aeshna mixta Latreille, 1805 | Autumn Hawker | | Aeshna subarctica Walker, 1908 | Bog hawker | | Aeshna viridis Eversmann, 1836 | Green hawker | | Anaciaeschna isoceles Müller, 1767 | Green-eyed Hawker | | Anax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839) | ⇒ Hemianax ephippiger Burmeister, 1839 | | Anax imperator Leach, 1815 | Blue Emperor | | Anax junius Drury, 1773 | Common Green Darner | | Anax parthenope Selys, 1839 | Lesser Emperor | | Archiargiolestes pusillus Tillyard, 1908 | Little flatwing | | Argia apicalis (Say, 1840) | ⇒ Rhipidolestes okinawanus Asahina, 1951 | | Argia insipida Hagen, 1865 | | | Argia sedula Hagen, 1861 | Blue-ringed Dancer | | Argia translata Hagen, 1865 | Dusky Dancer | | Austroaeschna (Austroaeschna) subapicalis Theischinger, 1982 | Conehead Darner | | Austroaeschna (Pulchaeschna) pulchra Tillyard, 1909 | Forest Darner | | Austroargiolestes icteromelas Selys, 1862 | Common Flatwing | | Brachymesia herbida Gundlach, 1889 | Tawny Pennant | | Brachytron pratense Müller, 1764 | Hairy dragonfly | | Calicnemia carminea pyrrhosoma Lieftinck, 1984 | | | Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis Vander Linden, 1825 | Copper Demoiselle | | Calopteryx splendens Harris, 1782 | Banded Agrion | | Calopteryx virgo Linnaeus, 1758 | Beautiful Agrion | | Celithemis elisa Hagen, 1861 | Calico Pennant | | Celithemis eponina Drury, 1773 | Halloween Pennant | | Cercion lindenii (Charpentier, 1840) | ⇒ Ischnura aurora Brauer, 1865 | | Ceriagrion tenellum de Villers, 1789 | Small Red Damsel | | Chalcolestes viridis Vander Linden, 1825 | Green Emerald Damselfly | | Chlorogomphus canhvang Kompier & Ka..., 2018 | | | Chlorolestes fasciatus Burmeister, 1839 | A southern African endemic | | Chromagrion conditum Hagen, 1876 | Aurora Damsel | | Coeliccia mattii Phan & Kompier, 2016 | | | Coenagrion armatum Charpentier, 1840 | Dark Bluet | | Coenagrion hastulatum Charpentier, 1825 | Northern Blue Damselfly | | Coenagrion lunulatum Charpentier, 1840 | Crescent Bluet | | Coenagrion mercuriale Charpentier, 1840 | Mercury Bluet | | Coenagrion puella Linnaeus, 1758 | Azure Bluet | | Coenagrion pulchellum Vander Linden, 1823 | Variable Blue Damselfly | | Coenagrion scitulum Rambur, 1842 | Dainty Blue Damselfly | | Coenagrion vernale (Hagen, 1839) | ⇒ Coenagrion lunulatum Charpentier, 1840 | | Cordulegaster bidentata Selys, 1843 | Sombre Goldenring | | Cordulegaster boltonii Donovan, 1807 | Common Goldenring | | Cordulia aenea Linnaeus, 1758 | Downy Emerald | | Crocothemis erythraea Brullé, 1832 | Broad Scarlet | | Cyclogomphus heterostylus Selys, 1854 | Paddled clubtail | | Diplacina anthaxia Lieftinck, 1933 | | | Elga leptostyla Ris, 1911 | Desert fairy shrimp | | Enallagma antennatum Say, 1840 | Rainbow Bluet | | Enallagma civile Hagen, 1861 | Damselfly | | Enallagma cyathigerum Charpentier, 1840 | Common Blue | | Enallagma exsulans Hagen, 1861 | Stream Bluet | | Eothaumatoneura ptychoptera ♰ A. Pongrácz, 1935 | | | Epipotoneura nehalennia Williamson, 1915 | | | Epitheca bimaculata Charpentier, 1825 | Eurasian Baskettail | | Epophthalmia elegans Brauer, 1865 | Regal Pond Cruiser | | Erythemis peruviana Rambur, 1842 | Flame-tailed Pondhawk | | Erythemis simplicicollis Say, 1839 | Common Pondhawk | | Erythemis vesiculosa Fabricius, 1775 | Great Pondhawk | | Erythrodiplax fusca Rambur, 1842 | Red-faced Dragonlet | | Erythrodiplax umbrata Linnaeus, 1758 | Band-winged Dragonlet | | Erythrodiplax unimaculata De Geer, 1773 | | | Erythromma lindenii Selys, 1840 | Blue-Eye | | Erythromma najas Hansemann, 1823 | Large Redeye | | Erythromma viridulum Charpentier, 1840 | Lesser Red-eyed Damselfly | | Eusynthemis guttata Selys, 1871 | Southern Tigertail | | Gomphus (Stylurus) flavipes (Charpentier, 1825) | ⇒ Gomphus pulchellus Selys, 1840 | | Gomphus pulchellus Selys, 1840 | The Western clubtail | | Gomphus vulgatissimus Linnaeus, 1758 | Club-tailed Dragonfly | | Gynacantha chelifera McLachlan, 1895 | | | Gynacantha gracilis Burmeister, 1839 | | | Gynacantha mexicana Selys, 1868 | Bar-sided Darner | | Gynacantha nervosa Rambur, 1842 | Twilight Darner | | Gynacantha pupillata Dijkstra, 2015 | Spectacled Duskhawker | | Heliocypha vantoli Hämäläinen, 2016 | | | Hemianax ephippiger Burmeister, 1839 | Vagrant Emperor | | Hetaerina americana Fabricius, 1798 | American Rubyspot | | Hetaerina moribunda Hagen, 1853 | | | Ictinogomphus rapax Rambur, 1842 | Common Clubtail | | Idiocnemis inornata Selys, 1878 | | | Ischnura abyssinica Martin, 1907 | Ethiopian Bluetail | | Ischnura aurora Brauer, 1865 | Aurora Bluetail | | Ischnura elegans Vander Linden, 1820 | Blue Tailed Damselfly | | Ischnura fluviatilis Selys, 1876 | | | Ischnura pumilio Charpentier, 1825 | Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly | | Ischnura senegalensis Rambur, 1842 | African Bluetail | | Ischnura verticalis Say, 1839 | Eastern Forktail | | Lestes (Chalcolestes) viridis (Vander Linden, 1825) | ⇒ Lestes barbarus Fabricius, 1798 | | Lestes barbarus Fabricius, 1798 | Migrant Spreadwing | | Lestes disjunctus Selys, 1862 | Common Spreadwing | | Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890 | Emerald Spreadwing | | Lestes forcipatus Rambur, 1842 | Sweetflag Spreadwing | | Lestes sponsa Hansemann, 1823 | Common Emerald Damselfly | | Lestes unguiculatus Hagen, 1861 | Lyre-tipped Spreadwing | | Lestes virens Charpentier, 1825 | Small Emerald Damselfly | | Leucorrhinia albifrons Burmeister, 1839 | Dark Whiteface | | Leucorrhinia caudalis Charpentier, 1840 | Lilypad Whiteface | | Leucorrhinia dubia Vander Linden, 1825 | Small Whiteface | | Leucorrhinia hudsonica Selys, 1850 | Hudsonian Whiteface | | Leucorrhinia pectoralis Charpentier, 1825 | Large White-faced Darter | | Leucorrhinia rubicunda Linnaeus, 1758 | Northern White-faced Darter | | Libellula depressa Linnaeus, 1758 | Broad bodied chaser | | Libellula fulva Müller, 1764 | Blue Chaser | | Libellula luctuosa Burmeister, 1839 | Widow Skimmer | | Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758 | Four Spotted Chaser | | Libellula semifasciata Burmeister, 1839 | Painted Skimmer | | Libellula vibrans Fabricius, 1793 | Great Blue Skimmer | | Lyriothemis elegantissima Selys, 1883 | Forest Chaser | | Macrothemis imitans leucozona Ris, 1913 | | | Metaleptobasis bicornis Selys, 1877 | | | Micrathyria mengeri Ris, 1919 | Oklahoma clam shrimp | | Microgomphus chelifer chelifer Selys, 1858 | | | Mnesarete cupraea Selys, 1853 | | | Nehalennia speciosa Charpentier, 1840 | Pygmy damselfly | | Nesoxenia mysis mysis Selys, 1878 | | | Neuraeschna costalis Burmeister, 1839 | | | Oligoclada abbreviata limnophila Machado & Ma..., 1993 | | | Onychogomphus forcipatus Linnaeus, 1758 | Green-eyed hook-tailed dragonfly | | Ophiogomphus cecilia Geoffroy, 1785 | Green Club-tailed Dragonfly | | Orthemis aequilibris Calvert, 1909 | | | Orthemis concolor Ris, 1919 | Concolored Skimmer | | Orthemis ferruginea Fabricius, 1775 | Roseate Skimmer | | Orthetrum albistylum Selys, 1848 | White-Tailed Skimmer | | Orthetrum brunneum Fonscolombe, 1837 | Southern Skimmer | | Orthetrum cancellatum Linnaeus, 1758 | Black tailed skimmer | | Orthetrum coerulescens Fabricius, 1798 | Heathland Skimmer | | Oxygastra curtisii Dale, 1834 | Orange-spoted Emerald | | Pachydiplax longipennis Burmeister, 1839 | Blue dasher | | Pantala flavescens Fabricius, 1798 | Globe Skimmer | | Pantala hymenaea Say, 1840 | Spot-winged Glider | | Paragomphus tachyerges Lieftinck, 1934 | | | Perithemis tenera Say, 1840 | Eastern Amberwing | | Platycnemis acutipennis Selys, 1841 | Orange Featherleg | | Platycnemis latipes Rambur, 1842 | White Featherleg | | Platycnemis pennipes Pallas, 1771 | Blue Featherleg | | Prodasineura verticalis delia Karsch, 1891 | | | Progomphus obscurus Rambur, 1842 | Common Sanddragon | | Pseudagrion microcephalum Rambur, 1842 | Blue grass dart | | Pyrrhosoma nymphula Sulzer, 1776 | Large Red | | Rhionaeschna variegata Fabricius, 1775 | | | Rhipidolestes okinawanus Asahina, 1951 | | | Rhyothemis resplendens Selys, 1878 | Jewel flutterer | | Selysioneura ranatra Lieftinck, 1949 | | | Somatochlora arctica Zetterstedt, 1840 | Moorland Emerald | | Somatochlora flavomaculata Vander Linden, 1825 | Yellow-Spotted Emerald | | Somatochlora metallica Vander Linden, 1825 | Brillant emerald | | Stylurus flavipes (Charpentier, 1825) | ⇒ Stylurus townesi Gloyd, 1936 | | Sympecma fusca Vander Linden, 1820 | Brown emerald damselfly | | Sympecma paedisca Brauer, 1877 | Siberian winter | | Sympetrum baccha baccha Selys, 1884 | | | Sympetrum cordulegaster Selys, 1883 | | | Sympetrum corruptum Hagen, 1861 | Variegated meadowhawk | | Sympetrum danae Sulzer, 1776 | Black darter | | Sympetrum depressiusculum Selys, 1841 | Spotted darter | | Sympetrum flaveolum Linnaeus, 1758 | Yellow-winged darter | | Sympetrum fonscolombii Selys, 1840 | Nomad | | Sympetrum internum Montgomery, 1943 | Cherry-faced meadowhawk | | Sympetrum meridionale Selys, 1841 | Southern darter | | Sympetrum pedemontanum O. F. Müller, 1766 | Banded darter | | Sympetrum rubicundulum Say, 1840 | Ruby meadowhawk | | Sympetrum sanguineum Müller, 1764 | Ruddy darter | | Sympetrum semicinctum Say, 1840 | Band-winged meadowhawk | | Sympetrum striolatum Charpentier, 1840 | Black-Legged Sympetrum | | Sympetrum vicinum Hagen, 1861 | Autumn meadowhawk | | Sympetrum vulgatum Linnaeus, 1758 | Moustached darter | | Tholymis citrina Hagen, 1867 | Evening Glider | | Triacanthagyna septima Selys, 1857 | Pale-green Darner | | Trithemis annulata Palisot de B..., 1805 | Plum-coloured Dropwing | | Trithemis aurora Burmeister, 1839 | Crimson Dropwing | | Uracis imbuta Burmeister, 1839 | | | Xanthostigma xanthostigma Schummel, 1832 | | | Zygonyx iris iris Selys, 1869 | |
Subnodes of Odonata with occurrences in Netherlands
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