Species list, Checklist of Infraorder Anisoptera (Dragonflies) for Orkney Islands (Northern Isles, United Kingdom)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	154 515 822	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	153 514 821	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 Ancient winged insects	10 20 23	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Odonatoptera Martynov, 1932	4 8 12	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Odonata Fabricius, 1793 Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies	4 8 12	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Epiprocta Lohmann, 1996	3 4 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Anisoptera Berthold, 1827 Dragonflies, True Dragonflies	3 4 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Orkney Islands
3 Families width 8 Species

Genera for Orkney Islands
4 Genera with 8 Species

Species list for Orkney Islands
8 Species

Aeshna cyanea O. F. Müller, 1764	Blue hawker
Aeshna grandis Linnaeus, 1758	Amber-winged Hawker
Aeshna juncea Linnaeus, 1758	Common Aeshna
Anax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839)	⇒ Hemianax ephippiger Burmeister, 1839
Anax parthenope Selys, 1839	Lesser Emperor
Cordulegaster boltonii Donovan, 1807	Common Goldenring
Sympetrum danae Sulzer, 1776	Black darter
Sympetrum striolatum Charpentier, 1840	Black-Legged Sympetrum

Subnodes of Anisoptera with occurrences in Orkney Islands

Superfamily	Aeshnoidea Rambur, 1842	1 2 5	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Cordulegastroidea Tillyard, 1917	1 1 1	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Libelluloidea Selys, 1840	1 1 2	Family Genus Species	Taxom

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