Checklist of Infraorder Anisoptera Berthold, 1827 (Dragonflies)
for Chicago (Northern Illinois, USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 222
1104
1585 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 222
1104
1585 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects | 12
34
57 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
| 9
28
50 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies | 9
28
50 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Epiprocta
Lohmann, 1996
| 4
18
31 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Anisoptera
Berthold, 1827
Dragonflies, True Dragonflies | 4
18
31 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Chicago
4 Families width 31 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Chicago
18 Genera with 31 Species | Aeshna Fabricius, 1861 | Aeshna Dragonfly | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Anax Leach, 1773 | Emperors And Green Darners | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Arigomphus Needham, 1900 | Pond Clubtails | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Celithemis Hagen, 1773 | Pennants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Epiaeschna Hagen, 1798 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epitheca Burmeister, 1840 | Baskettails | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Erythemis Hagen, 1839 | Pondhawks | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gomphus Leach, 1862 | Club-Tailed Dragonflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucorrhinia Brittinger, 1861 | Whitefaces | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Libellula Linnaeus, 1839 | Chaser Or Darter Dragonfly | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Macromia Rambur, 1874 | river cruiser | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachydiplax Brauer, 1839 | Blue Dashers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pantala Hagen, 1840 | Rainpool Gliders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Perithemis Hagen, 1840 | Amberwings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phanogomphus Carle, 1986 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhionaeschna Förster, 1861 | Blue-eyed darners | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sympetrum Newman, 1861 | Darter Dragonfly | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Tramea Hagen, 1861 | Saddlebag Gliders | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Chicago
31 Species and 1 Subspecies | Aeshna constricta Say, 1840 | Lance-tipped darner | | Aeshna verticalis Hagen, 1861 | Green-striped darner | | Anax junius Drury, 1773 | Common Green Darner | | Arigomphus cornutus Tough, 1900 | Horned Clubtail | | Celithemis elisa Hagen, 1861 | Calico Pennant | | Celithemis eponina Drury, 1773 | Halloween Pennant | | Epiaeschna heros Fabricius, 1798 | Swamp Darner | | Epitheca (Epicordulia) princeps Hagen, 1861 | Prince Baskettail | | Epitheca (Tetragoneuria) cynosura Say, 1840 | Common Baskettail | | Erythemis simplicicollis Say, 1839 | Common Pondhawk | | Gomphus (Gomphus) graslinellus Walsh, 1862 | Pronghorn Clubtail | | Leucorrhinia hudsonica Selys, 1850 | Hudsonian Whiteface | | Leucorrhinia intacta Hagen, 1861 | Dot-tailed Whiteface | | Libellula incesta Hagen, 1861 | Slaty Skimmer | | Libellula luctuosa Burmeister, 1839 | Widow Skimmer | | Libellula lydia (Drury, 1773) | ⇒ Tolidomoxia nigerrima Ermisch, 1950 | | Libellula pulchella (Drury, 1773) | ⇒ Celithemis amanda Hagen, 1861 | | Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758 | Four Spotted Chaser | | Libellula semifasciata Burmeister, 1839 | Painted Skimmer | | Macromia magnifica McLachlan, 1874 | Western River Cruiser | | Pachydiplax longipennis Burmeister, 1839 | Blue dasher | | Pantala hymenaea Say, 1840 | Spot-winged Glider | | Perithemis tenera Say, 1840 | Eastern Amberwing | | Rhionaeschna mutata Hagen, 1861 | Spatterdock Darner | | Sympetrum ambiguum Rambur, 1842 | Blue-faced meadowhawk | | Sympetrum baccha baccha Selys, 1884 | | | Sympetrum corruptum Hagen, 1861 | Variegated meadowhawk | | Sympetrum obtrusum Hagen, 1861 | White-faced meadowhawk | | Sympetrum rubicundulum Say, 1840 | Ruby meadowhawk | | Sympetrum vicinum Hagen, 1861 | Autumn meadowhawk | | Tramea lacerata Hagen, 1861 | Black Saddlebags |
Subnodes of Anisoptera with occurrences in Chicago
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