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Checklist for Family Aeshnidae Rambur, 1842 (Darners)
and region Southwest England (South England, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
540
3904
7781
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
538
3901
7777
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
37
88
127
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
31
75
108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies
27
70
104
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Epiprocta
Lohmann, 1996
7
30
52
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anisoptera
Berthold, 1827
Dragonflies, True Dragonflies
7
30
52
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Aeshnoidea
Rambur, 1842
2
8
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAeshnidae
Rambur, 1842
Darners, Dragonflies, Hawkers
7
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southwest England
7 Genera with 14 Species
Aeshna Fabricius, 1908Aeshna Dragonfly6SpeciesTaxom
Anax Leach, 1839Emperors And Green Darners3SpeciesTaxom
Austroaeschna Selys, 1901Dromaeschna1SpeciesTaxom
Brachytron Evans, 17641SpeciesTaxom
Cretalloaeschna Jarzembowski..., 19961SpeciesTaxom
Epiaeschna Hagen, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Gomphaeschna Selys, 1874Pygmy Darners1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southwest England
14 Species
Aeshna (Adversaeschna) brevistyla Davies, 2002Blue-spotted Hawker
Aeshna cyanea O. F. Müller, 1764Blue hawker
Aeshna grandis Linnaeus, 1758Amber-winged Hawker
Aeshna juncea Linnaeus, 1758Common Aeshna
Aeshna mixta Latreille, 1805Autumn Hawker
Aeshna tuberculifera Walker, 1908Aeschne à Tubercules
Anax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839)⇒ Hemianax ephippiger Burmeister, 1839
Anax imperator Leach, 1815Blue Emperor
Anax parthenope Selys, 1839Lesser Emperor
Austroaeschna (Austroaeschna) unicornis Martin, 1901Unicorn Darner
Brachytron pratense Müller, 1764Hairy dragonfly
Cretalloaeschna cliffordae E. A. Jarzem..., 1996
Epiaeschna gossi H. Campion, 1916
Gomphaeschna antilope Hagen, 1874Taper-tailed Darner

Subnodes of Aeshnidae with occurrences in Southwest England
SubfamilyAeshninae
Rambur, 1842
2
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyBrachytroninae
Tillyard, 1917
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Aeshnidae at artfakta.se
Aeshnidae at dyntaxa.se
Aeshnidae at gbif.org
Aeshnidae at irmng.org
Aeshnidae at itis.gov