Checklist of Infraorder Anisoptera Berthold, 1827 (Dragonflies)
for Shropshire (West Midlands, United Kingdom)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 350
2348
5058 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 350
2348
5058 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects | 16
33
54 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
| 9
20
34 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies | 9
20
34 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Epiprocta
Lohmann, 1996
| 5
12
22 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Anisoptera
Berthold, 1827
Dragonflies, True Dragonflies | 5
12
22 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Shropshire
5 Families width 22 Species
Genera for Shropshire
12 Genera with 22 Species | Aeshna Fabricius, 1805 | Aeshna Dragonfly | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Anax Leach, 1815 | Emperors And Green Darners | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brachytron Evans, 1764 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cordulegaster Leach, 1807 | Golden-Ringed Dragonflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cordulia Leach, 1758 | American Emerald | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Erythemis Hagen, 1839 | Pondhawks | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gomphus Leach, 1758 | Club-Tailed Dragonflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucorrhinia Brittinger, 1825 | Whitefaces | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Libellula Linnaeus, 1758 | Chaser Or Darter Dragonfly | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Orthetrum Newman, 1798 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pachydiplax Brauer, 1839 | Blue Dashers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sympetrum Newman, 1840 | Darter Dragonfly | 5 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Shropshire
22 Species | Aeshna cyanea O. F. Müller, 1764 | Blue hawker | | Aeshna grandis Linnaeus, 1758 | Amber-winged Hawker | | Aeshna juncea Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Aeshna | | Aeshna mixta Latreille, 1805 | Autumn Hawker | | Anax imperator Leach, 1815 | Blue Emperor | | Brachytron pratense Müller, 1764 | Hairy dragonfly | | Cordulegaster boltonii Donovan, 1807 | Common Goldenring | | Cordulia aenea Linnaeus, 1758 | Downy Emerald | | Erythemis simplicicollis Say, 1839 | Common Pondhawk | | Gomphus vulgatissimus Linnaeus, 1758 | Club-tailed Dragonfly | | Leucorrhinia dubia Vander Linden, 1825 | Small Whiteface | | Libellula depressa Linnaeus, 1758 | Broad bodied chaser | | Libellula pulchella (Drury, 1773) | ⇒ Celithemis amanda Hagen, 1861 | | Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758 | Four Spotted Chaser | | Orthetrum cancellatum Linnaeus, 1758 | Black tailed skimmer | | Orthetrum coerulescens Fabricius, 1798 | Heathland Skimmer | | Pachydiplax longipennis Burmeister, 1839 | Blue dasher | | Sympetrum danae Sulzer, 1776 | Black darter | | Sympetrum flaveolum Linnaeus, 1758 | Yellow-winged darter | | Sympetrum fonscolombii Selys, 1840 | Nomad | | Sympetrum sanguineum Müller, 1764 | Ruddy darter | | Sympetrum striolatum Charpentier, 1840 | Black-Legged Sympetrum |
Subnodes of Anisoptera with occurrences in Shropshire
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