Species list, Checklist of Order Odonata (Damselflies) for Reading (Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA)

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Checklist for Order Odonata Fabricius, 1793 (Damselflies)
and region Reading (Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	80 216 270	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	80 216 270	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 Ancient winged insects	5 7 10	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Odonatoptera Martynov, 1932	5 7 10	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Odonata Fabricius, 1793 Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies	5 7 10	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Reading (Middlesex County Massachusetts)
5 Families width 10 Species and 1 Subspecies

Calopterygidae Selys, 1850	Broad-winged damselflies	2	Species	Taxom
Libellulidae Rambur, 1842	Chasers	4	Species	Taxom
Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890	Narrow-winged damselflies	2	Species	Taxom
Lestidae Calvert, 1901	Spread-winged damselflies	1	Species	Taxom
Protoneuridae Tillyard, 1917	Bambootails	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Reading (Middlesex County Massachusetts)
7 Genera with 10 Species

Calopteryx Leach, 1839	Demoiselle Damselflies	1	Species	Taxom
Celithemis Hagen, 1861	Pennants	1	Species	Taxom
Enallagma Charpentier, 1861	American Bluets	2	Species	Taxom
Hetaerina Hagen, 1798	Rubyspots	1	Species	Taxom
Lestes Leach, 1840	Emerald Damselflies	1	Species	Taxom
Libellula Linnaeus, 1758	Chaser Or Darter Dragonfly	3	Species	Taxom
Prodasineura Cowley, 1891		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Reading (Middlesex County Massachusetts)
10 Species and 1 Subspecies

Calopteryx dimidiata Burmeister, 1839	Sparkling Jewelwing
Celithemis elisa Hagen, 1861	Calico Pennant
Enallagma cyathigerum Charpentier, 1840	Common Blue
Enallagma exsulans Hagen, 1861	Stream Bluet
Hetaerina americana Fabricius, 1798	American Rubyspot
Lestes rectangularis Say, 1840	Slender Spreadwing
Libellula luctuosa Burmeister, 1839	Widow Skimmer
Libellula lydia (Drury, 1773)	⇒ Tolidomoxia nigerrima Ermisch, 1950
Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758	Four Spotted Chaser
Prodasineura verticalis delia Karsch, 1891

Subnodes of Odonata with occurrences in Reading (Middlesex County Massachusetts)

Suborder	Epiprocta Lohmann, 1996	1 2 4	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Zygoptera Selys, 1854 Damselflies	4 5 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

Odonata (Fabricius 1793)

Links, sources and further information

Odonata at papua-insects.nl
Odonata at ru.ac.za
Odonata at artfakta.se
Odonata at dyntaxa.se
Odonata at gbif.org
Odonata at irmng.org
Odonata at itis.gov
Odonata at marinespecies.org