Checklist of Infraorder Anisoptera Berthold, 1827 (Dragonflies)
for U.S. Virgin Islands (Virgin Islands)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 176
795
1114 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 176
795
1114 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects | 6
25
44 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
| 6
25
44 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies | 6
25
44 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Epiprocta
Lohmann, 1996
| 4
17
31 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Anisoptera
Berthold, 1827
Dragonflies, True Dragonflies | 4
17
31 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for U.S. Virgin Islands
4 Families width 31 Species
Genera for U.S. Virgin Islands
17 Genera with 31 Species | Aeshna Fabricius, 1758 | Aeshna Dragonfly | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Anax Leach, 1773 | Emperors And Green Darners | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Brachymesia Kirby, 1889 | Pennants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cordulegaster Leach, 1807 | Golden-Ringed Dragonflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cordulia Leach, 1758 | American Emerald | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dythemis Hagen, 1861 | Setwings | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Erythemis Hagen, 1775 | Pondhawks | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Erythrodiplax Brauer, 1758 | Dragonlets | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Leucorrhinia Brittinger, 1825 | Whitefaces | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Libellula Linnaeus, 1758 | Chaser Or Darter Dragonfly | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Macrothemis Hagen, 1857 | Sylphs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Micrathyria Kirby, 1861 | Dashers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Orthemis Hagen, 1842 | tropical king skimmer | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pantala Hagen, 1798 | Rainpool Gliders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Somatochlora Selys, 1825 | Emerald Dragonflies | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sympetrum Newman, 1758 | Darter Dragonfly | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Tramea Hagen, 1842 | Saddlebag Gliders | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for U.S. Virgin Islands
31 Species | Aeshna cyanea O. F. Müller, 1764 | Blue hawker | | Aeshna grandis Linnaeus, 1758 | Amber-winged Hawker | | Aeshna juncea Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Aeshna | | Anax imperator Leach, 1815 | Blue Emperor | | Anax junius Drury, 1773 | Common Green Darner | | Brachymesia herbida Gundlach, 1889 | Tawny Pennant | | Cordulegaster boltonii Donovan, 1807 | Common Goldenring | | Cordulia aenea Linnaeus, 1758 | Downy Emerald | | Dythemis rufinervis Burmeister, 1839 | | | Dythemis sterilis Hagen, 1861 | Heterosporous ferns | | Erythemis vesiculosa Fabricius, 1775 | Great Pondhawk | | Erythrodiplax berenice Drury, 1773 | Seaside Dragonlet | | Erythrodiplax fusca Rambur, 1842 | Red-faced Dragonlet | | Erythrodiplax umbrata Linnaeus, 1758 | Band-winged Dragonlet | | Leucorrhinia dubia Vander Linden, 1825 | Small Whiteface | | Libellula depressa Linnaeus, 1758 | Broad bodied chaser | | Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758 | Four Spotted Chaser | | Macrothemis celeno Selys, 1857 | Antillean Sylph | | Micrathyria aequalis Hagen, 1861 | Skimmer | | Orthemis ferruginea Fabricius, 1775 | Roseate Skimmer | | Orthemis macrostigma Rambur, 1842 | | | Pantala flavescens Fabricius, 1798 | Globe Skimmer | | Somatochlora arctica Zetterstedt, 1840 | Moorland Emerald | | Somatochlora flavomaculata Vander Linden, 1825 | Yellow-Spotted Emerald | | Sympetrum cordulegaster Selys, 1883 | | | Sympetrum danae Sulzer, 1776 | Black darter | | Sympetrum flaveolum Linnaeus, 1758 | Yellow-winged darter | | Sympetrum sanguineum Müller, 1764 | Ruddy darter | | Sympetrum striolatum Charpentier, 1840 | Black-Legged Sympetrum | | Sympetrum vulgatum Linnaeus, 1758 | Moustached darter | | Tramea abdominalis Rambur, 1842 | Vermilion Saddlebag |
Subnodes of Anisoptera with occurrences in U.S. Virgin Islands
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