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Dutch species names of Order Odonata Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies
170
1701
15422
Families
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Odonata Fabricius, 1793
SuborderCephalozygoptera
Archibald, Cannings & Erickson, 2021
3
22
48
Families
Genera
Species
SuborderEpiprocta
Lohmann, 1996
23
670
8007
Families
Genera
Species
SuborderZygoptera
Selys, 1854
Damselflies
24
490
6731
Families
Genera
Species
SuperfamilyAesnoidea
0
0
0
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyAeschnidae
Rambur, 1842
  ⇒ Aeshnidae
Darner dragonfly
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyAeschnidiidae
Needham, 1903
Small darner
46
59
Genera
Species
FamilyAgriidae
2
0
Genera
Species
FamilyAgrionidae
Leach, 1815
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyAllopetaliidae
Cockerell, 1913
1
2
Genus
Species
FamilyAnglophlebiidae
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyAraripechlorogomphidae
Bechly & Ueda, 2002
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyAraripegomphidae
Bechly, 1996
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyAraripelibellulidae
Bechly, 1996
7
9
Genera
Species
FamilyAraripephlebiidae
Bechly, 1998
2
2
Genera
Species
FamilyArchipetalidae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyArchithemistidae
Tillyard, 1917
2
3
Genera
Species
FamilyArgiolestidae
Fraser, 1957
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyAsiopteridae
Pritykina, 1968
8
17
Genera
Species
FamilyAustroperilestidae
Petrulevicius & Nel, 2005
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyBolcacorduliidae
Gentilini, 2002
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyBolcathoridae
Gentilini, 2002
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyBurmacoenagrionidae
4
6
Genera
Species
FamilyBurmaeshnidae
Huang, Cai, Nel & Bechly, 2017
3
3
Genera
Species
FamilyBurmagomphidae
2
2
Genera
Species
FamilyBurmaphlebiidae
Bechly & Poinar, 2013
2
2
Genera
Species
FamilyCampterophlebiidae
Handlirsch, 1920
45
70
Genera
Species
FamilyCarleidae
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyCordulegasteridae
3
6
Genera
Species
FamilyCratopetaliidae
Bechly, 2010
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyCretacoenagrionidae
Bechly, 1996
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyCretapetaluridae
Bechly, 1996
4
4
Genera
Species
FamilyCyclothemistidae
Bechly, 1996
4
7
Genera
Species
FamilyCymatophlebiidae
Handlirsch, 1906
6
17
Genera
Species
FamilyDaohugoulibellulidae
Nel & Huang, 2015
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyDevadattidae
Dijkstra, Kalkman, Dow, Stokvis & Van Tol, 2014
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyEnigmaeshnidae
Nel, Neraudeau, Perrichot, Girard & Gomez, 2008
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyEnigmalestidae
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyEocorduliidae
Bechly, 1996
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyEolestidae
Greenwalt & Bechly, 2014
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyEosagrionidae
Handlirsch, 1934
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyEpallagidae
Needham, 1903
9
12
Genera
Species
FamilyErichschmidtiidae
Bechly, 1996
2
4
Genera
Species
FamilyEumorbaeschnidae
Bechly, 1996
1
2
Genus
Species
FamilyEuthemistidae
Pritykina, 1968
2
3
Genera
Species
FamilyFrenguelliidae
Petrulevicius & Nel, 2003
3
4
Genera
Species
FamilyGallophlebiidae
Nel & al., 2015
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyGomphaeschnidae
Tillyard & Frase, 1940
15
26
Genera
Species
FamilyGompidae
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyGondvanogomphidae
Bechly, 1996
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyHageniidae
Tillyard & Fraser, 1940
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyHeliocharitidae
2
2
Genera
Species
FamilyHemeroscopidae
Pritykina, 1977
2
2
Genera
Species
FamilyHemicorduliidae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyHenrotayiidae
Fleck, Bechly, Martínez-Delclòs, Jarzembowski, Cor, 2003
2
2
Genera
Species
FamilyHeteragrionidae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyHeterophlebiidae
Handlirsch, 1908
6
31
Genera
Species
FamilyHypolestidae
Fraser, 1938
3
3
Genera
Species
FamilyIdionychidae
Tillyard & Fraser, 1940
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyIsophlebiidae
Handlirsch, 1908
9
11
Genera
Species
FamilyItalophlebiidae
Whalley, 1986
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyJuracorduliidae
Bechly & Ueda, 2002
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyJuragomphidae
Nel, Bechly, Martinez-Delclos & Fleck, 2001
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyJuraheterophlebiidae
Fleck & al., 2003
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyJuralibellulidae
Huang & Nel, 2007
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyKaratawiidae
Martynov, 1925
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyLabellulidae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyLatibasaliidae
Petrulevicius & Nel, 2004
1
2
Genus
Species
FamilyLiadotypidae
Grauvogel & Laurentiaux, 1952
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyLiassogomphidae
Tillyard, 1935
9
16
Genera
Species
FamilyLiassophlebiidae
Tillyard, 1925
Damsel-dragonflies
6
15
Genera
Species
FamilyLiassostenophlebiidae
Fleck & al., 2003
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyLibanocorduliidae
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyLibellaginidae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyLiupanshaniidae
Bechly & al, 2001
10
13
Genera
Species
FamilyMagnathemidae
Bechly, 2010
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyMegaphlebiidae
Bechly, 2010
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyMegapodogrionidae  ⇒ Megapodagrionidae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyMenatlestidae
1
0
Genus
Species
FamilyMesochlorogomphidae
Fleck & al., 2008
2
2
Genera
Species
FamilyMesomantidiidae
Tillyard, 1923
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyMesomegaloprepidae
2
2
Genera
Species
FamilyMesophlebiidae
Tillyard, 1916
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyMesophlebiinae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyMesuropetalidae
Bechly, 1996
5
7
Genera
Species
FamilyMyopophlebiidae
Bode, 1953
5
11
Genera
Species
FamilyNannogomphidae
Bechly, 1996
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyNodalulaidae
Lin, Huang & Nel, 2007
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyNothomacromiidae
Carle, 1995
  ⇒ Stenophlebiidae
2
2
Genera
Species
FamilyOreopteridae
Pritykina, 1968
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyOxygastridae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyPalaeomacromiidae
Petrulevicius, Nel & Muzon, 1999
3
4
Genera
Species
FamilyParaburmagomphidae
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyParacoryphagrionidae
Zheng, Nel & Wang in Zheng & al., 2017
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyParacymatophlebiidae
Bechly & al, 2001
2
2
Genera
Species
FamilyParagonophlebiidae
Nel, 2009
2
3
Genera
Species
FamilyParastenophlebiidae
Bechly, 2005
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyPentaphlebiidae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyPermolestidae
Martynov, 1932
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyPhilogangidae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyPhilogeniidae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyPhilosinidae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyPlatycnemidae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyPrimumaeshnidae
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyPriscalestidae
Wappler & Petrulevicius, 2007
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyProgobiaeshnidae
Bechly & al, 2001
6
7
Genera
Species
FamilyProhemeroscopidae
Bechly & Ueda, 2002
1
2
Genus
Species
FamilyProstenophlebiidae
Fleck & al., 2003
3
3
Genera
Species
FamilyProtohemiphlebiidae
1
0
Genus
Species
FamilyProtolindeniidae
Handlirsch, 1906
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyProtomyrmeleonidae   ⇒ Protomyrmeleontidae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyPseudomacromiidae
Carle & Wighton, 1990
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyRimanellidae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyRudiaeschnidae
Bechly, Nel, Martínez-Delclòs & al., 2001
2
3
Genera
Species
FamilySelenothemidae
2
2
Genera
Species
FamilySelenothemistidae
Handlirsch, 1939
2
2
Genera
Species
FamilySolikamptilonidae
Zalessky, 1948
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilySphenophlebiidae
Bechly, 1997
4
6
Genera
Species
FamilySteleopteridae
Handlirsch, 1906
6
7
Genera
Species
FamilyStenophlebiidae
Needham, 1903
8
22
Genera
Species
FamilyThaumatoneuridae
Fraser, 1957
9
24
Genera
Species
FamilyTriassolestidae
Bonaparte, 1970
10
24
Genera
Species
FamilyTuranothemistidae
Pritykina, 1968
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyUrothemistidae
Lieftinck, 1954
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyValdicorduliidae
Bechly, 1996
1
1
Genus
Species
GenusAblepsites
Gistl, 1848
0Species
GenusAccaphila
Kirby, 1909
1Species
GenusAcrotropia
Schummel, 1828
0Species
GenusAdelophebia
Pritykina in Pritykina, 1980
0Species
GenusAfricalestes
Kennedy, 1920
0Species
GenusAgrio
Selys in Van der Maelen, 1831
4Species
GenusAmmogomphus
Förster, 1914
1Species
GenusAnaciagrion
Kennedy, 1920
0Species
GenusAnapates
Kirby, 1890
0Species
GenusAnapetes
Burmeister, 1839
0Species
GenusAndrephlebia
Bechly, 2019
1Species
GenusAnticordulia
Needham & Bullock, 1943
0Species
GenusApeleutherus
Kirby, 1900
1Species
GenusAurorachlorus
Carle, 1995
0Species
GenusAustrolestidion
Tillyard, 1916
0Species
GenusAustrolibellula
Petrulevicius & Nel, 2003
1Species
GenusAzuma
Needham, 1904
0Species
GenusBeblecia
Kirby, 1900
1Species
GenusBrachythron
Pirotta, 1879
0Species
GenusBrunellopteron
Béthoux, Deregnaucourt & Norrad, 2021
1Species
GenusBurmastenophlebia
Huang et al., 2018
1Species
GenusCacergates
Kirby, 1889
0Species
GenusCaleimokaltania
Zalesskii, 1955
0Species
GenusCalesynthemis
Carle, 1995
0Species
GenusCaliaeshna
1Species
GenusCallipteryx
Agassiz, 1846
0Species
GenusCallopteryx
Hagen, 1840
0Species
GenusCalopterix
Bentivoglio, 1897
0Species
GenusCeratopyga
Nunney, 1895
0Species
GenusCeylanicolestes
Fraser, 1924
0Species
GenusChalcargia
Kennedy, 1920
0Species
GenusChlorophysa
Selys, 1871
0Species
GenusChromatoptera
Schummel, 1828
0Species
GenusCnemophila
Wallengren, 1894
0Species
GenusCoenargiocnemis
Fraser, 1949
2Species
GenusCompsothemis
Karsch, 1889
1Species
GenusCorduliops
Karsch, 1889
1Species
GenusCornacantha
Martin, 1908
0Species
GenusCoryphaeshna
1Species
GenusCretalestes
Jarzembowski & al., 1998
1Species
GenusCretaneophyla
Jarzembowski & Nel, 1996
0Species
GenusCretapodagrion
Huang et al., 2017
1Species
GenusCyanargia
Kennedy, 1920
0Species
GenusCynaothemis
Ris, 1915
0Species
GenusCyptolestes
Williamson, 1921
1Species
GenusDaemhippus
Navas, 1927
0Species
GenusDentigomphus
Martin, 1912
1Species
GenusDiargia
Calvert, 1909
1Species
GenusDiplacodina
Förster, 1905
0Species
GenusDisparonevra
Selys, 1860
0Species
GenusDolaeschna
Needham, 1907
1Species
GenusDoropteron
Zalessky, 1946
1Species
GenusEchinopterogomphus
Fraser, 1926
1Species
GenusEodysphaea
Bechly, Romain, Aase, Karr, Grance & Nel, 2020
1Species
GenusEolibellula
Kennedy, 1922
0Species
GenusEorogomphus
Carle, 1995
0Species
GenusEotania
Carle & Kjer, 2002
0Species
GenusErithragrion
Martin, 1896
1Species
GenusErythragrion
Selys, 1876
2Species
GenusEsaulestes
Fraser, 1957
0Species
GenusEuchlorolestes
Kennedy, 1920
0Species
GenusEugomphus
Kennedy, 1947
0Species
GenusEurothemis
Kennedy, 1922
0Species
GenusGeisfeldiella
Kuhn, 1951
1Species
GenusGoniostigma
Kennedy, 1920
0Species
GenusGuineagomphus
Compte Sart, 1963
1Species
GenusHaplostigma
Kennedy, 1920
0Species
GenusHawaiiagrion
Kennedy, 1920
0Species
GenusHeliargia
Kennedy, 1920
0Species
GenusHelothemis
Karsch, 1890
0Species
GenusHemeroscopis
Pritykina, 1977
0Species
GenusHemicordula
1Species
GenusHemistigmoides
Calvert, 1899
1Species
GenusHesperaeschna
Cockerell, 1913
0Species
GenusHologomphus
Bartenev, 1914
1Species
GenusHomothetus
Scudder, 1867
2Species
GenusHydronympha
Buchecker, 1876
1Species
GenusHyponevra
Selys in Selys & Hagen, 1854
0Species
GenusHypostrophoneura
Munz, 1919
0Species
GenusIdionevra
Selys, 1860
0Species
GenusIndogomphus
Fraser, 1922
1Species
GenusIndomacromia
Fraser, 1924
1Species
GenusIndorogomphus
Carle, 1995
0Species
GenusIschnogomphus
Williamson, 1918
2Species
GenusIschuridia
Donnelly, 1965
0Species
GenusIshneura
1Species
GenusJosocora
Kennedy, 1940
1Species
GenusJujusia
Petrulevicius & Nel, 2002
1Species
GenusKirby-gomphus
Karsch, 1896
0Species
GenusKirbygomphus
Karsch, 1896
0Species
GenusKoreatriassothemis
Nel, Nam & Jouault, 2022
0Species
GenusLeptargia
Kennedy, 1920
0Species
GenusLibellila
1Species
GenusLibellulita
Handlirsch, 1906
0Species
GenusLibellulites
Charpentier, 1840
0Species
GenusLibyogomphus
Fraser, 1926
5Species
GenusLongchampsia
Karsch, 1899
0Species
GenusMalamarptis
Karsch, 1890
1Species
GenusMalayaeschna
Förster, 1909
0Species
GenusMalayogomphus
Förster, 1914
0Species
GenusMarmaraeschna
Calvert, 1952
0Species
GenusMegalaeschna
Selys in Hagen, 1867
0Species
GenusMelanarptis
Kirby, 1890
0Species
GenusMicrargia
Kennedy, 1920
0Species
GenusMicrodiplax
Selys, 1889
0Species
GenusMonocoloptera
Karsch in Kükenthal, 1900
1Species
GenusMyagrion
Förster, 1914
1Species
GenusNadiplax
Navas, 1916
1Species
GenusNegomphoides
Muttkowski, 1910
2Species
GenusNeocypha
Tillyard & Fraser, 1939
0Species
GenusNeocysta
Kirby, 1889
0Species
GenusNeonevra
Selys, 1860
1Species
GenusNeorogomphus
Carle, 1995
0Species
GenusNeotetrum
Kennedy, 1922
0Species
GenusNesocria
Kirby, 1889
1Species
GenusNeureclipa
Navas, 1911
0Species
GenusNeurothemls
0Species
GenusNevrocordulia
Selys, 1871
0Species
GenusNevrolestes
Selys, 1882
0Species
GenusNothemis
Navas, 1915
1Species
GenusNotosticta
Selys in Hagen, 1861
0Species
GenusNunney-gomphus
Karsch, 1896
0Species
GenusNunneygomphus
Karsch, 1896
0Species
GenusNympheutria
Karsch, 1894
0Species
GenusOahuagrion
Kennedy, 1920
0Species
GenusOligoaeshna
Piton & Théobald, 1939
0Species
GenusOxygomphus
Tillyard, 1917
2Species
GenusPalaeobasis
Kennedy, 1920
1Species
GenusPalpoplevra
Rambur, 1842
0Species
GenusParalestes
Schmidt, 1951
0Species
GenusParapetala
Huang & al., 2003
1Species
GenusPasseria
Martin in Alluaud & Jeannel, 1915
1Species
GenusPermothemis
Martynov, 1935
5Species
GenusPigiphila
Buchecker, 1876
0Species
GenusPlatystigma
Kennedy, 1920
10Species
GenusPodothemis
Ris, 1909
1Species
GenusPotamothemis
Kirby, 1889
0Species
GenusPreia
Gistl, 1847
0Species
GenusProaeschna
Fritsch, 1905
1Species
GenusProanax
Selys, 1887
0Species
GenusPropecymatophlebia
Huang et al., 2017
1Species
GenusProphaon
Fraser, 1941
0Species
GenusProsagrion
Tillyard, 1913
0Species
GenusProtagrion
Brongniart, 1885
1Species
GenusProtonevra
Selys in Sagra, 1857
0Species
GenusPseuderythromma
Kennedy, 1920
0Species
GenusPseudictinus
Martin, 1915
0Species
GenusPseudoliupanshania
Zheng, Zhang, Zhang & Nel, 2022
0Species
GenusPseudorthemis
Förster, 1899
0Species
GenusPuella
Brullé in Bory De St. Vincent, 1832
2Species
GenusReschiostenophlebia
Bechly, 2019
1Species
GenusRhabdothemis
Handlirsch, 1939
1Species
GenusRisioneura
Munz, 1919
0Species
GenusSantanagrion
Bechly, 2010
1Species
GenusSecundaeschna
Goetz, 1923
0Species
GenusSinophlebia
Mi, Zhang & Sun, 1993
0Species
GenusSogdothemis
Martynov, 1937
1Species
GenusSterope
Heer, 1849
1Species
GenusSuperlestes
Williamson, 1921
0Species
GenusSylphis
Selys, 1853
2Species
GenusSyntetrum
Kennedy, 1922
0Species
GenusTaeniogaster
Selys, 1854
0Species
GenusTaolestes
Needham, 1928
2Species
GenusTelleallagma
Kennedy, 1920
0Species
GenusTermitophorba
Förster, 1906
1Species
GenusThecadiplax
Selys, 1883
3Species
GenusThecaphora
Charpentier in Burmeister, 1839
1Species
GenusThecodiplax
Yakobson & Bianchi, 1905
1Species
GenusThecogaster
Yakobson & Bianchi, 1905
0Species
GenusTricholestes
Fraser, 1951
0Species
GenusTyllardia
Pruvost, 1933
0Species
GenusValerea
Garrouste et al., 2016
1Species
GenusVanderia
Kirby, 1890
0Species
GenusVestinus
Kennedy, 1920
0Species
GenusWhalleyala
Brauckmann & Zessin, 1989
1Species
GenusWolfgangeuphaea
Nel, 2020
1Species
GenusXanthostoma
Selys, 1850
0Species
GenusXenogomphus
Needham, 1944
0Species
GenusXerolestes
Fraser, 1951
1Species

Synonyms

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Odonata
GermanLibellen, Libellen und Wasserjungfern, Odonaten
EnglishDamselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies
DutchLibellen, Libellen en waterjuffers
DanishGuldsmede
SwedishTrollsländor
FinnishSudenkorennot
NorwegianØyenstikkere
SpanishLibelulas, Pipilachas
PortugueseLibélula


Distribution and Species lists of Odonata Fabricius, 1793
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Afghanistan
4 Families  5 Genera  6 Species
Albania
8 Families  23 Genera  35 Species
Algeria
8 Families  25 Genera  45 Species
Andorra
5 Families  10 Genera  15 Species
Angola
12 Families  75 Genera  239 Species
Antigua and Barbuda
4 Families  9 Genera  14 Species
Argentina
24 Families  110 Genera  319 Species
Armenia
8 Families  10 Genera  12 Species
Australia
27 Families  181 Genera  510 Species
Austria
13 Families  40 Genera  103 Species
Azerbaijan
4 Families  9 Genera  11 Species
Bahamas
6 Families  26 Genera  40 Species
Bahrain
1 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Bangladesh
5 Families  27 Genera  32 Species
Barbados
4 Families  9 Genera  13 Species
Belarus
9 Families  22 Genera  46 Species
Belgium
15 Families  48 Genera  103 Species
Belize
11 Families  38 Genera  76 Species
Benin
8 Families  33 Genera  70 Species
Bhutan
7 Families  16 Genera  16 Species
Bolivia
15 Families  65 Genera  150 Species
Bosnia and Herzegovina
7 Families  13 Genera  21 Species
Botswana
12 Families  57 Genera  150 Species
Brazil
35 Families  200 Genera  663 Species
Brunei
9 Families  26 Genera  32 Species
Bulgaria
12 Families  29 Genera  66 Species
Burkina Faso
6 Families  17 Genera  42 Species
Burundi
10 Families  42 Genera  112 Species
Cambodia
15 Families  93 Genera  169 Species
Cameroon
15 Families  77 Genera  207 Species
Canada
14 Families  109 Genera  398 Species
Cape Verde
7 Families  25 Genera  34 Species
Central African Republic
10 Families  35 Genera  61 Species
Chad
6 Families  17 Genera  37 Species
Chile
9 Families  35 Genera  67 Species
China
41 Families  240 Genera  591 Species
Colombia
19 Families  161 Genera  565 Species
Comoros
5 Families  13 Genera  15 Species
Cook Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Costa Rica
16 Families  101 Genera  342 Species
Croatia
11 Families  34 Genera  58 Species
Cuba
11 Families  53 Genera  115 Species
Cyprus
8 Families  19 Genera  36 Species
Czech Republic
10 Families  38 Genera  89 Species
Democratic Republic of the Congo
11 Families  87 Genera  277 Species
Denmark
15 Families  65 Genera  129 Species
Djibouti
4 Families  9 Genera  10 Species
Dominica
4 Families  17 Genera  20 Species
Dominican Republic
7 Families  36 Genera  65 Species
East Timor
7 Families  27 Genera  44 Species
Ecuador
15 Families  105 Genera  307 Species
Egypt
9 Families  32 Genera  59 Species
El Salvador
7 Families  35 Genera  62 Species
Equatorial Guinea
8 Families  43 Genera  93 Species
Eritrea
3 Families  3 Genera  4 Species
Estonia
11 Families  31 Genera  73 Species
Ethiopia
10 Families  45 Genera  126 Species
Fiji
5 Families  20 Genera  50 Species
Finland
13 Families  45 Genera  105 Species
France
28 Families  177 Genera  487 Species
Gabon
13 Families  79 Genera  228 Species
Gambia
9 Families  41 Genera  93 Species
Georgia
13 Families  58 Genera  158 Species
Germany
50 Families  182 Genera  452 Species
Ghana
11 Families  59 Genera  141 Species
Greece
14 Families  67 Genera  182 Species
Grenada
3 Families  11 Genera  16 Species
Guatemala
14 Families  80 Genera  197 Species
Guinea
10 Families  47 Genera  127 Species
Guinea-Bissau
10 Families  38 Genera  69 Species
Guyana
15 Families  79 Genera  179 Species
Haiti
4 Families  15 Genera  18 Species
Honduras
12 Families  55 Genera  115 Species
Hungary
13 Families  30 Genera  58 Species
Iceland
13 Families  33 Genera  43 Species
India
21 Families  187 Genera  679 Species
Indonesia
18 Families  204 Genera  912 Species
Iran
9 Families  25 Genera  46 Species
Iraq
5 Families  13 Genera  15 Species
Ireland
10 Families  34 Genera  66 Species
Israel
10 Families  26 Genera  43 Species
Italy
17 Families  64 Genera  172 Species
Ivory Coast
10 Families  62 Genera  159 Species
Jamaica
8 Families  42 Genera  66 Species
Japan
19 Families  114 Genera  267 Species
Jordan
10 Families  32 Genera  47 Species
Kazakhstan
27 Families  55 Genera  71 Species
Kenya
12 Families  76 Genera  229 Species
Kiribati
2 Families  3 Genera  3 Species
Kuwait
2 Families  2 Genera  4 Species
Kyrgyzstan
10 Families  37 Genera  57 Species
Laos
12 Families  47 Genera  65 Species
Latvia
8 Families  17 Genera  27 Species
Lebanon
7 Families  24 Genera  34 Species
Lesotho
7 Families  15 Genera  21 Species
Liberia
14 Families  82 Genera  225 Species
Libya
3 Families  12 Genera  18 Species
Liechtenstein
7 Families  15 Genera  34 Species
Lithuania
10 Families  29 Genera  73 Species
Luxembourg
15 Families  40 Genera  78 Species
Madagascar
11 Families  74 Genera  215 Species
Malawi
11 Families  70 Genera  179 Species
Malaysia
16 Families  127 Genera  370 Species
Maldives
3 Families  4 Genera  5 Species
Mali
7 Families  23 Genera  50 Species
Malta
3 Families  9 Genera  13 Species
Marshall Islands
4 Families  6 Genera  7 Species
Mauritania
4 Families  12 Genera  18 Species
Mauritius
9 Families  46 Genera  78 Species
Mexico
18 Families  127 Genera  465 Species
Micronesia
14 Families  57 Genera  104 Species
Moldova
2 Families  4 Genera  5 Species
Monaco
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Mongolia
17 Families  27 Genera  32 Species
Montenegro
8 Families  16 Genera  24 Species
Morocco
10 Families  46 Genera  98 Species
Mozambique
14 Families  76 Genera  172 Species
Myanmar
18 Families  66 Genera  109 Species
Namibia
12 Families  74 Genera  164 Species
Nepal
17 Families  85 Genera  184 Species
Netherlands
25 Families  158 Genera  410 Species
New Zealand
11 Families  43 Genera  60 Species
Nicaragua
12 Families  56 Genera  100 Species
Niger
8 Families  27 Genera  42 Species
Nigeria
14 Families  99 Genera  349 Species
Niue
1 Family  1 Genus  3 Species
North Korea
7 Families  22 Genera  38 Species
Norway
14 Families  66 Genera  133 Species
Oman
7 Families  22 Genera  34 Species
Pakistan
9 Families  23 Genera  32 Species
Palau
14 Families  50 Genera  75 Species
Palestine
5 Families  9 Genera  10 Species
Panama
15 Families  93 Genera  232 Species
Papua New Guinea
17 Families  83 Genera  196 Species
Paraguay
12 Families  54 Genera  116 Species
Peru
18 Families  125 Genera  422 Species
Philippines
16 Families  104 Genera  298 Species
Poland
14 Families  40 Genera  86 Species
Portugal
14 Families  54 Genera  113 Species
Qatar
2 Families  4 Genera  4 Species
Republic of the Congo
4 Families  10 Genera  12 Species
Republic South Africa
18 Families  121 Genera  395 Species
Romania
9 Families  22 Genera  42 Species
Russia
30 Families  90 Genera  196 Species
Rwanda
9 Families  30 Genera  51 Species
Saint Kitts and Nevis
3 Families  9 Genera  9 Species
Saint Lucia
6 Families  29 Genera  37 Species
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Samoa
3 Families  4 Genera  6 Species
San Marino
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
São Tomé and Príncipe
3 Families  10 Genera  18 Species
Saudi Arabia
5 Families  11 Genera  15 Species
Senegal
10 Families  44 Genera  93 Species
Serbia
12 Families  31 Genera  51 Species
Seychelles
6 Families  21 Genera  35 Species
Sierra Leone
9 Families  55 Genera  144 Species
Singapore
14 Families  70 Genera  109 Species
Slovakia
9 Families  25 Genera  53 Species
Slovenia
9 Families  25 Genera  48 Species
Solomon Islands
13 Families  68 Genera  132 Species
Somalia
8 Families  31 Genera  68 Species
South Korea
13 Families  71 Genera  129 Species
South Sudan
4 Families  19 Genera  33 Species
Spain
18 Families  87 Genera  183 Species
Sri Lanka
12 Families  75 Genera  174 Species
Sudan
10 Families  35 Genera  88 Species
Suriname
16 Families  101 Genera  315 Species
Sweden
23 Families  119 Genera  301 Species
Switzerland
11 Families  49 Genera  118 Species
Syria
8 Families  22 Genera  34 Species
Taiwan
16 Families  101 Genera  368 Species
Tajikistan
3 Families  6 Genera  5 Species
Tanzania
11 Families  82 Genera  245 Species
Thailand
20 Families  147 Genera  337 Species
Togo
10 Families  37 Genera  83 Species
Tonga
3 Families  14 Genera  14 Species
Trinidad and Tobago
11 Families  54 Genera  121 Species
Tunisia
7 Families  15 Genera  18 Species
Turkey
11 Families  37 Genera  85 Species
Turkmenistan
4 Families  6 Genera  6 Species
Tuvalu
2 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Uganda
11 Families  87 Genera  311 Species
Ukraine
11 Families  27 Genera  58 Species
United Arab Emirates
6 Families  17 Genera  26 Species
United Kingdom
49 Families  206 Genera  490 Species
Uruguay
6 Families  20 Genera  31 Species
USA
29 Families  236 Genera  919 Species
Uzbekistan
5 Families  10 Genera  14 Species
Vanuatu
3 Families  6 Genera  5 Species
Venezuela
18 Families  111 Genera  324 Species
Vietnam
18 Families  133 Genera  286 Species
Yemen
5 Families  19 Genera  22 Species
Zambia
12 Families  82 Genera  280 Species
Zimbabwe
11 Families  78 Genera  212 Species


Distribution on islands


Found in fossile formations


Odonata (Fabricius 1793)
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