Species list, Checklist of Infraorder Anisoptera (Dragonflies) for Reading (Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA)

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Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
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Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
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Checklist for Infraorder Anisoptera Berthold, 1827 (Dragonflies)
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
Suborder	Epiprocta Lohmann, 1996	1 2 4	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Anisoptera Berthold, 1827 Dragonflies, True Dragonflies	1 2 4	Family Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Reading (Middlesex County Massachusetts)
1 Family width 4 Species

Libellulidae Rambur, 1842

Chasers

Species

Taxom

Genera for Reading (Middlesex County Massachusetts)
2 Genera with 4 Species

Celithemis Hagen, 1861	Pennants	1	Species	Taxom
Libellula Linnaeus, 1758	Chaser Or Darter Dragonfly	3	Species	Taxom

Species list for Reading (Middlesex County Massachusetts)
4 Species

Celithemis elisa Hagen, 1861	Calico Pennant
Libellula luctuosa Burmeister, 1839	Widow Skimmer
Libellula lydia (Drury, 1773)	⇒ Tolidomoxia nigerrima Ermisch, 1950
Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758	Four Spotted Chaser

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

Superfamily

Libelluloidea
Selys, 1840

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Links, sources and further information

Anisoptera at artfakta.se
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Anisoptera at itis.gov
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