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TAXSYNDISISLFRMPIC
Libellula Linnaeus, 1758
is a synonym of Genus Rutidoderes Westwood, 1837
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The Taxom listed here as synonyme is shown below

Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
315
2742
23344
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
212
1837
15688
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies
170
1701
15422
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Epiprocta
Lohmann, 1996
23
670
8007
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Anisoptera
Berthold, 1827
Dragonflies, True Dragonflies
21
667
8003
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Libelluloidea
Selys, 1840
10
336
4255
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyLibellulidae
Rambur, 1842
Chasers, Common Skimmer, Common Skimmers, Darters
249
3234
Genera
Species
SubfamilyLibellulinae
Rambur, 1842
29
1118
Genera
Species
GenusLibellula
Linnaeus, 1758
Chaser Or Darter Dragonfly, Chasers And King Skimmers
582Species
Subnodes of Libellula Linnaeus, 1758
SubgenusLibellula (Heterophlebia)
1Species
SpeciesLibellula 4-maculata Linnaeus, 1758
SpeciesLibellula abbreviata Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula abdominalis Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula abjecta Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula abscissa Hagen, 1862
SpeciesLibellula acuta Say, 1839
SpeciesLibellula adelais Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785
SpeciesLibellula adriatica Bagli & Gentilini, 2003
SpeciesLibellula aenea Linnaeus, 1758  ⇒ Aeshna cyanea
SpeciesLibellula aereus Harris, 1776
SpeciesLibellula affine Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula affinis Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula aglaia Heer, 1861
SpeciesLibellula albicauda Brauer, 1865
SpeciesLibellula albidella de Villers, 1789
SpeciesLibellula albifrons Burmeister, 1839  ⇒ Leucorrhinia albifrons
SpeciesLibellula albipuncta Rambur, 1842  ⇒ Hemistigma albipuncta
SpeciesLibellula albipunctum Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula albistyla Selys Longchamps, 1848  ⇒ Pseudokerana fulgur
SpeciesLibellula albistylum Selys, 1848
SpeciesLibellula aliasignata Muttkowski, 1910  ⇒ Libellula croceipennis
SpeciesLibellula ambigua Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula ambiguum Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula americana Drury, 1773  ⇒ Mordellistena (Mordellistena) freyi
SpeciesLibellula americanus Drury, 1773  ⇒ Schistocerca americana
SpeciesLibellula ampullacea Schneider, 1845
SpeciesLibellula analis Ris, 1911  ⇒ Indothemis carnatica
SpeciesLibellula anceps Schneider, 1845
SpeciesLibellula angelina Selys, 1883
SpeciesLibellula anguis Harris, 1776
SpeciesLibellula angustipennis Stephens, 1835  ⇒ Sympetrum sanguineum
SpeciesLibellula angustiventre Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula annulata Palisot de Beauvois, 1805  ⇒ Trithemis annulata annulata
SpeciesLibellula annulosa Selys, 1857
SpeciesLibellula anomala Brauer, 1865
SpeciesLibellula anquis Harris, 1782  ⇒ Aeshna cyanea
SpeciesLibellula antiqua Brodie, 1845
SpeciesLibellula apicalis Guérin, 1830  ⇒ Leucorrhinia caudalis
SpeciesLibellula ardens Gerstaecker, 1891  ⇒ Trithemis kirbyi ardens
SpeciesLibellula arria Drury, 1773
SpeciesLibellula arteriosa Burmeister, 1839  ⇒ Trithemis arteriosa arteriosa
SpeciesLibellula asiatica Fabricius, 1798
SpeciesLibellula aspis Harris, 1776  ⇒ Brachytron pratense
SpeciesLibellula assignata Selys, 1872  ⇒ Urothemis assignata
SpeciesLibellula assimilata Uhler, 1857
SpeciesLibellula assimilatum Uhler, 1857  ⇒ Sympetrum rubicundulum
SpeciesLibellula attala Selys, 1857
SpeciesLibellula attenuata Erichson, 1848
SpeciesLibellula aurata Prueffer, 1923
SpeciesLibellula aurea Scopoli, 1772
SpeciesLibellula aureum Scopoli, 1772  ⇒ Sympetrum flaveolum
SpeciesLibellula aureus Harris, 1780
SpeciesLibellula auripennis Burmeister, 1839
Golden-winged Skimmer, Golden-winged Skimmer North
SpeciesLibellula aurora Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula axilena Westwood, 1837
Bar-winged Skimmer
SpeciesLibellula azureum Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula baetica Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula baeticum Rambur, 1842  ⇒ Orthetrum nitidinerve
SpeciesLibellula barbara Selys, 1849
SpeciesLibellula basale Stephens, 1835  ⇒ Sympetrum sanguineum
SpeciesLibellula basalis Say, 1839  ⇒ Tramea abdominalis
SpeciesLibellula basilaris Palisot de Beauvois, 1817
SpeciesLibellula basilinea McLachlan, 1894  ⇒ Libellula quadrimaculata
SpeciesLibellula berenice Drury, 1773  ⇒ Erythrodiplax berenice
SpeciesLibellula bicolor Erichson, 1848  ⇒ Erythemis peruviana
SpeciesLibellula bifasciata Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Libellula semifasciata
SpeciesLibellula biguttata Donovan, 1808  ⇒ Orthetrum coerulescens
SpeciesLibellula bimaculata Stephens, 1836  ⇒ Tholymis tillarga
SpeciesLibellula binervosa Dziedzielewicz, 1902  ⇒ Libellula fulva
SpeciesLibellula binotata Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula bipunctata Brauer, 1865  ⇒ Diplacodes bipunctata
SpeciesLibellula bistigma Uhler, 1857  ⇒ Eublemma psamathea
SpeciesLibellula bivittata Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula boltonii Donovan, 1807  ⇒ Cordulegaster boltonii
SpeciesLibellula brachiale Palisot de Beauvois, 1817  ⇒ Orthetrum brachiale
SpeciesLibellula brachialis Palisot de Beauvois, 1805
SpeciesLibellula bramina Guérin-Méneville, 1830
SpeciesLibellula braminea Fabricius, 1798  ⇒ Diplacodes trivialis
SpeciesLibellula bremii Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula brevipennis Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula brodiei Handlirsch, 1906
SpeciesLibellula brodieri Geinitz, 1884
SpeciesLibellula brodieri†
SpeciesLibellula brunnea Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1837  ⇒ Orthetrum chrysostigma
SpeciesLibellula brunneum Fonscolombe, 1837
SpeciesLibellula caerulans Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula caerulata Drury, 1782  ⇒ Agrilus berkwae
SpeciesLibellula caerulatus Drury, 1782
SpeciesLibellula caerulea Ström, 1783  ⇒ Aeshna caerulea
SpeciesLibellula caerulea-maculata Retzius, 1783
SpeciesLibellula caesia Rambur, 1842  ⇒ Indothemis carnatica
SpeciesLibellula caffrum Burmeister, 1839  ⇒ Orthetrum caffrum caffrum
SpeciesLibellula caia Drury, 1773  ⇒ Hetaerina caia
SpeciesLibellula caja Drury, 1773
SpeciesLibellula caledonica Brauer, 1865  ⇒ Orthetrum caledonicum
SpeciesLibellula caledonicum Brauer, 1865
SpeciesLibellula calypso O. Heer, 1849
SpeciesLibellula calypso†
SpeciesLibellula camilla Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula cancellata Linnaeus, 1758  ⇒ Orthetrum cancellatum
SpeciesLibellula cancellatum Linnaeus, 1758
SpeciesLibellula capensis Linnaeus, 1767  ⇒ Euclystis nescia
SpeciesLibellula carbonaria Scudder, 1876
SpeciesLibellula cardinalis Erichson, 1848
SpeciesLibellula carnatica Fabricius, 1798
SpeciesLibellula carolina Linné, 1763  ⇒ Euippodes subnigra
SpeciesLibellula cassandra Hagen, 1863
SpeciesLibellula castanea Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula caudalis Charpentier, 1840  ⇒ Leucorrhinia caudalis
SpeciesLibellula cecilia Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785  ⇒ Ophiogomphus cecilia
SpeciesLibellula celeno Selys, 1857
SpeciesLibellula cellulosa Hagen, 1863
SpeciesLibellula ceres H. A. Hagen, 1863
SpeciesLibellula chinensis Linnaeus, 1758  ⇒ Tramea virginia
SpeciesLibellula chlora Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula chloropleura Brauer, 1865
SpeciesLibellula chrysis Selys, 1891
SpeciesLibellula chrysostigma Burmeister, 1839  ⇒ Orthetrum chrysostigma chrysostigma
SpeciesLibellula clathrata Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula coahuiltecana Ortega-Salas & González-Soriano, 2015
SpeciesLibellula coarctata Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula coarctatum Rambur, 1842  ⇒ Orthetrum stemmale
SpeciesLibellula coccinea Charpentier, 1840
SpeciesLibellula coeleste Selys in Hagen, 1849  ⇒ Orthetrum caledonicum
SpeciesLibellula coeruleo Retzius, 1783
1Subspecies
SpeciesLibellula coeruleo-maculata Retzius, 1783
SpeciesLibellula coeruleomaculata Retzius, 1783
SpeciesLibellula coerulescens Fabricius, 1798  ⇒ Orthetrum coerulescens
SpeciesLibellula cognata Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula coluberculus Harris, 1776  ⇒ Apamea schildei
SpeciesLibellula comanche Calvert, 1907
Comanche Skimmer
SpeciesLibellula communimacula Rambur, 1842  ⇒ Neurothemis feralis
SpeciesLibellula communimaculata Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula communis Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula composita Hagen, 1873
Bleached Skimmer
SpeciesLibellula concinna Rambur, 1842  ⇒ Diplacodes lefebvrii
SpeciesLibellula confusa Uhler, 1857  ⇒ Eublemma reussi
SpeciesLibellula congener Rambur, 1842  ⇒ Potamarcha congener
SpeciesLibellula conjuncta Rambur, 1842  ⇒ Dythemis rufinervis
SpeciesLibellula connata Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula conspurcata Fabricius, 1798  ⇒ Pseudocopaeodes wrighttii
SpeciesLibellula contacta Bartenef, 1930  ⇒ Libellula quadrimaculata
SpeciesLibellula contaminata Fabricius, 1793
SpeciesLibellula contracta Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula contractum Rambur, 1842  ⇒ Orthetrum stemmale
SpeciesLibellula corallina Brauer, 1865
SpeciesLibellula coronata Selys, 1869
SpeciesLibellula costalis Rambur, 1842  ⇒ Eublemma postrosea
SpeciesLibellula croceipennis Selys, 1868
Neon Skimmer
SpeciesLibellula cyanae Fabricius, 1775
SpeciesLibellula cyanea Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Apamea (Apamea) oblonga
Spangled Skimmer
SpeciesLibellula cycnos Selys, 1848
SpeciesLibellula cynosura Say, 1839
SpeciesLibellula cyprica Selys, 1887  ⇒ Trithemis festiva
SpeciesLibellula danae Sulzer, 1776  ⇒ Sympetrum danae
SpeciesLibellula decapitata De Selys-Longchamps, 1850
SpeciesLibellula delesserti Selys, 1878
SpeciesLibellula densa Hagen, 1862
SpeciesLibellula denticulata Palisot de Beauvois, 1805  ⇒ Palpopleura lucia
SpeciesLibellula deplanata Rambur, 1842  ⇒ Tolidomordella discoidea
Blue Corporal
SpeciesLibellula depressa Linnaeus, 1758
Broad bodied chaser, Broad-bodied Chaser
2Subspecies
SpeciesLibellula depressiusculum Selys, 1841
SpeciesLibellula designata Selys, 1872  ⇒ Urothemis assignata
SpeciesLibellula didyma Selys, 1857
SpeciesLibellula diffinis Selys, 1869  ⇒ Hemistigma albipuncta
SpeciesLibellula dimidiata Linnaeus, 1758  ⇒ Euxoa carbonis
SpeciesLibellula discolor Burmeister, 1839  ⇒ Orthemis ferruginea
SpeciesLibellula disparata Rambur, 1842  ⇒ Rhyothemis semihyalina
SpeciesLibellula distincta Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula distinguenda Rambur, 1842  ⇒ Erythrodiplax ochracea
SpeciesLibellula domitia Drury, 1773  ⇒ Perithemis domitia
SpeciesLibellula donis
SpeciesLibellula donovani Leach, 1815  ⇒ Orthetrum coerulescens
SpeciesLibellula doris Heer, 1849
SpeciesLibellula dorothaea Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785
SpeciesLibellula dorothea Geoffroy, 1785
SpeciesLibellula dorsalis Rambur, 1842  ⇒ Trithemis dorsalis
SpeciesLibellula dubia Van der Linden, 1825  ⇒ Orthetrum coerulescens
SpeciesLibellula duivenbodei Brauer, 1867  ⇒ Zyxomma petiolatum
SpeciesLibellula edwardsii Selys, 1849  ⇒ Urothemis edwardsii edwardsii
SpeciesLibellula elegans Guérin, 1830
SpeciesLibellula ephippiger Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula eponina Drury, 1773  ⇒ Celithemis eponina
SpeciesLibellula equestris Fabricius, 1781  ⇒ Neurothemis tullia
SpeciesLibellula erratica Erichson, 1848
SpeciesLibellula erythraea Brullé, 1832  ⇒ Crocothemis erythraea
SpeciesLibellula erythroneura Schneider, 1845
SpeciesLibellula eurynome Heer, 1849
SpeciesLibellula eusebioi L. Piton, 1935
SpeciesLibellula eusebioi†
SpeciesLibellula exusta Say, 1839  ⇒ Tolidomordella fenestrata
White Corporal
SpeciesLibellula fallax Eversmann, 1841  ⇒ Leucorrhinia albifrons
SpeciesLibellula famula Erichson, 1848
SpeciesLibellula fasciata Linnaeus, 1758  ⇒ Zenithoptera americana
SpeciesLibellula fasciolata Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula fastigiata Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula fenestrina Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula feralis Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula ferniginata
SpeciesLibellula ferrugaria Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula ferruginata Fabricius, 1781
SpeciesLibellula ferruginea Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Crocothemis erythraea
SpeciesLibellula fervida Erichson, 1848
SpeciesLibellula festiva Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula flaveola Linnaeus, 1758  ⇒ Sympetrum flaveolum
SpeciesLibellula flaveolata Linnæus, 1761
SpeciesLibellula flaveolatum Linnaeus, 1761  ⇒ Sympetrum danae
SpeciesLibellula flaveolum Linnaeus, 1758
SpeciesLibellula flavescens Brittinger, 1850  ⇒ Libellula quadrimaculata
SpeciesLibellula flavicans Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula flavida Rambur, 1842  ⇒ Eublemma posttornalis
Yellow-sided Skimmer
SpeciesLibellula flavipennis Retzius, 1783  ⇒ Aeshna grandis
SpeciesLibellula flavistyla Rambur, 1842  ⇒ Diplacodes lefebvrii
SpeciesLibellula flavomaculata Vander Linden, 1825
SpeciesLibellula fluctuans Fabricius, 1793
SpeciesLibellula foliata Kirby, 1889
SpeciesLibellula fonscolombii Selys Longchamps, 1840  ⇒ Sympetrum fonscolombii
SpeciesLibellula forcipata Linnaeus, 1758  ⇒ Fabula zollikoferi
SpeciesLibellula forcipatus Linnaeus, 1758
SpeciesLibellula forensis Hagen, 1861
Eight-spotted Skimmer
SpeciesLibellula fridrichsdalensis Müller, 1764  ⇒ Libellula fulva
SpeciesLibellula fridrischdalensis Müller, 1764
SpeciesLibellula frontalis Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula frumenti Müller, 1764
SpeciesLibellula fuchsiana Eversmann, 1836
SpeciesLibellula fugax Harris, 1782  ⇒ Libellula fulva
SpeciesLibellula fulva Müller, 1764
Blue Chaser, Scarce Chaser, Scarce Libellula
SpeciesLibellula fulvia Drury, 1773  ⇒ Euclidia obsoleta
SpeciesLibellula fulvissima Dziedzielewicz, 1902  ⇒ Libellula fulva
SpeciesLibellula funerea Hagen, 1861
SpeciesLibellula fusca Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula fuscofasciata Blanchard, 1843
SpeciesLibellula gaigei Gloyd, 1938
Red-mantled Skimmer
SpeciesLibellula geminata Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula genei Selys Longchamps, 1841  ⇒ Sympetrum depressiusculum
SpeciesLibellula gibba Fabricius, 1798
SpeciesLibellula glaucum Brauer, 1865
SpeciesLibellula globulata Müller, 1764
SpeciesLibellula gracile Albarda in Selys, 1887  ⇒ Orthetrum ransonnetii
SpeciesLibellula gracilis De Selys Longchamps, 1887
SpeciesLibellula grandis Linnaeus, 1758  ⇒ Aeshna grandis
SpeciesLibellula graphiptera Rambur, 1842  ⇒ Rhyothemis graphiptera
SpeciesLibellula guttata Erichson, 1848
SpeciesLibellula haematina Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula haematodes Burmeister, 1839  ⇒ Diplacodes haematodes
SpeciesLibellula haematogastra Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula hafniense Müller, 1764  ⇒ Brachytron pratense
SpeciesLibellula hafniensis Müller, 1764  ⇒ Arenostola phragmitidis
SpeciesLibellula harpedone Sulzer, 1776
SpeciesLibellula hasniensis Müller, 1764
SpeciesLibellula havniensis Müller, 1776
SpeciesLibellula hellmanni Eversmann, 1841  ⇒ Leucorrhinia albifrons
SpeciesLibellula hemichlora Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula hemihyalina Selys, 1850  ⇒ Rhyothemis semihyalina
SpeciesLibellula herbida Gundlach, 1889
SpeciesLibellula herculea Karsch, 1889
Tadpole shrimp
SpeciesLibellula hersilia Blanchard, 1861  ⇒ Libellula semifasciata
SpeciesLibellula histrio Fabricius, 1787  ⇒ Erythrodiplax berenice
SpeciesLibellula hopei
SpeciesLibellula hova Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula hudsonica Selys, 1850
SpeciesLibellula hyalinum Kirby, 1886
SpeciesLibellula hybrida Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula hybridum Rambur, 1842  ⇒ Sympetrum meridionale
SpeciesLibellula hymenaea Say, 1840
SpeciesLibellula icteroptera Selys, 1857
SpeciesLibellula imbuta Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula immaculata Selys, 1859  ⇒ Leucorrhinia caudalis
SpeciesLibellula incerta Rambur, 1842  ⇒ Tramea limbata
SpeciesLibellula incesta Hagen, 1861
Slaty Skimmer
SpeciesLibellula incompta Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula indica Fabricius, 1781
SpeciesLibellula infernalis Brauer, 1865  ⇒ Trithemis festiva
SpeciesLibellula inflatum Selys, 1871
SpeciesLibellula infumata Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula infuscata Eversmann, 1836  ⇒ Leucorrhinia rubicunda
SpeciesLibellula inquinata Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula insignata Selys, 1872
SpeciesLibellula insignis Rambur, 1842  ⇒ Agrionoptera insignis
SpeciesLibellula intermedia Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula iris Hagen, 1861  ⇒ Perithemis domitia
SpeciesLibellula irrorata Lichtenstein, 1796
SpeciesLibellula isoceles Müller, 1764  ⇒ Aeshna isoceles
SpeciesLibellula japonica Uhler, 1858
SpeciesLibellula japonicum Uhler, 1858
SpeciesLibellula jesseana Williamson, 1922
Purple Skimmer
SpeciesLibellula julia Uhler, 1857  ⇒ Ladona julia
Chalk-fronted Corporal
SpeciesLibellula juncea Linnaeus, 1758  ⇒ Aeshna juncea
SpeciesLibellula junia Drury, 1773  ⇒ Apamea (Apamea) unanimis
SpeciesLibellula junius Drury, 1773
SpeciesLibellula jurassica Giebel, 1856
SpeciesLibellula justina Selys, 1857  ⇒ Erythrodiplax fervida
SpeciesLibellula justiniana Selys, 1857
SpeciesLibellula kieseli A. Assmann, 1870
SpeciesLibellula kieseli†
SpeciesLibellula knetti A. Handlirsch, 1907
SpeciesLibellula lais Perty, 1834
SpeciesLibellula lateralis Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula latreillei Selys, 1850  ⇒ Sympetrum flaveolum
SpeciesLibellula leda Say, 1839  ⇒ Libellula axilena
SpeciesLibellula lefebvrii Rambur, 1842  ⇒ Diplacodes lefebvrii lefebvrii
SpeciesLibellula leontina Brauer, 1865
SpeciesLibellula leptura Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula leucorhinus Charpentier, 1840  ⇒ Leucorrhinia albifrons
SpeciesLibellula leucosticta Burmeister, 1839  ⇒ Brachythemis leucosticta
SpeciesLibellula limbata Desjardins, 1835
SpeciesLibellula lineata Fabricius, 1793  ⇒ Neurothemis tullia
SpeciesLibellula lineolata Charpentier, 1825
SpeciesLibellula lineostigma Selys, 1886
SpeciesLibellula longialata Germar, 1839
SpeciesLibellula longipennis Kirby, 1889  ⇒ Pachydiplax longipennis
SpeciesLibellula longissima Linnaeus, 1832
SpeciesLibellula lucia Drury, 1773  ⇒ Palpopleura lucia
SpeciesLibellula lucifugus Harris, 1776
SpeciesLibellula lucilla Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula lucretia Drury, 1773  ⇒ Agrilus bennigseni
SpeciesLibellula luctuosa Burmeister, 1839
Widow Skimmer
SpeciesLibellula ludovicea Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785  ⇒ Psoralis stacara
SpeciesLibellula lugubris Karsch, 1895  ⇒ Oplogasta lugubris
SpeciesLibellula luteolum Selys, 1850  ⇒ Sympetrum flaveolum
SpeciesLibellula luzonicum Brauer, 1868
SpeciesLibellula lycoris Selys, 1872  ⇒ Macrodiplax cora
SpeciesLibellula lydia Drury, 1773  ⇒ Tolidomoxia nigerrima
Common Whitetail, Common Whitetail Skimmer
SpeciesLibellula macrocephala Selys-Longchamps, 1841
SpeciesLibellula macrostigma Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula maculata Harris, 1782  ⇒ Libellula quadrimaculata
SpeciesLibellula maculiventris Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula madagascariensis Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula manadensis Boisduval, 1835
SpeciesLibellula marcella Selys, 1857
SpeciesLibellula marchali Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula marcia Drury, 1773
SpeciesLibellula marginata De Geer, 1773  ⇒ Eudaphaenura catalai
SpeciesLibellula mariae Garrison, 1992
SpeciesLibellula martini F. Meunier, 1914
SpeciesLibellula martini†
SpeciesLibellula mauriciana Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula mediterranea G. Gentilini, 1989
SpeciesLibellula melania Selys, 1883
SpeciesLibellula melanostigma Eversmann, 1836
SpeciesLibellula melli Schmidt, 1948
SpeciesLibellula melobasis Heer, 1849
SpeciesLibellula melobasis†
SpeciesLibellula merida Selys, 1868
SpeciesLibellula meridionale Selys, 1841
SpeciesLibellula meridionalis Selys-Longchamps, 1841
SpeciesLibellula metallica Van der Linden, 1825  ⇒ Somatochlora metallica
SpeciesLibellula metella Selys, 1857
SpeciesLibellula miniata von Eichwald, 1841
SpeciesLibellula minius Harris, 1776  ⇒ Pyrrhosoma nymphula
SpeciesLibellula minuscula E. Oustalet, 1870  ⇒ Eublemma nyctopa
SpeciesLibellula minuta Thunberg, 1788
SpeciesLibellula mithra Selys, 1857
SpeciesLibellula morio Schneider, 1845
SpeciesLibellula naevia Hagen, 1862
SpeciesLibellula nebulosa Fabricius, 1793
SpeciesLibellula needhami Westfall, 1943
Needham's Skimmer, Needhams Skimmer, Needham´s Skimmer
SpeciesLibellula neglecta Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula nigra Charpentier, 1840
SpeciesLibellula nigricans Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula nigricula Eversmann, 1836
SpeciesLibellula nigrilabris Selys, 1872
SpeciesLibellula nigripes Charpentier, 1840
SpeciesLibellula niphonica Kobayashi, 1941  ⇒ Eublemma porphyrescens
SpeciesLibellula nitens Fonscolombe, 1837
SpeciesLibellula nitidinerve Selys, 1841
SpeciesLibellula nitidinervis Selys Longchamps, 1841  ⇒ Psolos celunda
SpeciesLibellula nobilis Müller, 1764
SpeciesLibellula nodisticta Hagen, 1861
Hoary Skimmer
SpeciesLibellula notata Fabricius, 1787  ⇒ Mordellistena (Mordellistena) bicoloripes
SpeciesLibellula nubecula Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula nudicollis Hagen, 1850
SpeciesLibellula nymphula Sulzer, 1776  ⇒ Pyrrhosoma nymphula
SpeciesLibellula oblita Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula obscura Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Eudrapa olivaria
SpeciesLibellula obsoleta Say, 1839
SpeciesLibellula ocellata Müller, 1764
SpeciesLibellula ochracea Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula oculata Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Euclidia vittata
SpeciesLibellula odiosa Hagen, 1861  ⇒ Eublemma quinarioides
SpeciesLibellula oeningensis C. D. E. Koenig, 1825
SpeciesLibellula olympia Fonscolombe, 1837
SpeciesLibellula opalina Charpentier, 1825
SpeciesLibellula opalinum Charpentier, 1825
SpeciesLibellula ornata Brittinger, 1845
SpeciesLibellula palabella
SpeciesLibellula pallida Palisot de Beauvois, 1817
SpeciesLibellula pallidistigma Stephens, 1835
SpeciesLibellula pannewitziana H. R. Goeppert, 1855
SpeciesLibellula pannewitziana†
SpeciesLibellula parvula Müller, 1776
SpeciesLibellula paulina Drury, 1773  ⇒ Agrilus albogaster
SpeciesLibellula pectoralis Charpentier, 1825  ⇒ Leucorrhinia pectoralis
SpeciesLibellula pedemontana Allioni, 1766
SpeciesLibellula pedemontanum Allioni, 1766
SpeciesLibellula pennipes Pallas, 1771
SpeciesLibellula perse Heer, 1849
SpeciesLibellula perse†
SpeciesLibellula peruviana Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula petalura Brauer, 1865
SpeciesLibellula phalerata Uhler, 1858
SpeciesLibellula philintha Fourcroy, 1785
SpeciesLibellula phryne Perty, 1834
SpeciesLibellula phyllis Sulzer, 1776  ⇒ Mordellistena (Mordellistena) bifasciata
SpeciesLibellula phyne Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula platyptera Charpentier, 1843
SpeciesLibellula plebeia Müller, 1764  ⇒ Eublemma leucanitis
SpeciesLibellula plebeja Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula pleurosticta Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula plumbea Uhler, 1857  ⇒ Eublemma pulcherrima
SpeciesLibellula polysticta Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula pontica Selys, 1887
Red Chaser
SpeciesLibellula portia Drury, 1773  ⇒ Palpopleura lucia
SpeciesLibellula pourqueryi H. Nicolas, 1890
SpeciesLibellula praenubila Newman, 1833  ⇒ Libellula quadrimaculata
SpeciesLibellula pratense Müller, 1764
SpeciesLibellula pratensis Müller, 1764
SpeciesLibellula pruinosum Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula puella Linnaeus, 1758  ⇒ Pteroteinon iricolor
SpeciesLibellula pulchella Drury, 1773  ⇒ Celithemis amanda
Ten-spot Skimmer, Twelve-spotted Skimmer
SpeciesLibellula pulla Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula pullata Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula pulverulenta Brauer, 1867
SpeciesLibellula pumila Ström, 1783
SpeciesLibellula quadrifasciata Müller, 1764
SpeciesLibellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758
Four Spotted Chaser, Four-spotted Chaser
5Subspecies
SpeciesLibellula quadripunctata Fabricius, 1781  ⇒ Libellula quadrimaculata
SpeciesLibellula quadrupla Say, 1839  ⇒ Eublemma psamathea
SpeciesLibellula quarimaculata
SpeciesLibellula ramburii Selys, 1848
SpeciesLibellula ransonnetii Brauer, 1865
SpeciesLibellula relicta Belyshev, 1973  ⇒ Libellula quadrimaculata
SpeciesLibellula requieniana H. Nicolas, 1890
SpeciesLibellula reversa Houttuyn, 0
SpeciesLibellula roeselii Curtis, 1838
SpeciesLibellula rubella Brullé, 1844
SpeciesLibellula rubicunda Linnaeus, 1758  ⇒ Leucorrhinia rubicunda
SpeciesLibellula rubicundula Say, 1839
SpeciesLibellula rubicundulum Say, 1840
SpeciesLibellula rubra Bartenev, 1912  ⇒ Crocothemis erythraea
SpeciesLibellula rubrinervis Selys, 1841
SpeciesLibellula rubriventris Blanchard, 1843
SpeciesLibellula rubrum Bartenef, 1912
SpeciesLibellula rufa Müller, 1764  ⇒ Eudyops telmela
SpeciesLibellula ruficollis Charpentier, 1840
SpeciesLibellula rufinervis Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula rufostigma Newmann, 1833
SpeciesLibellula ruralis Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula sabina Drury, 1773  ⇒ Psolos forensis
SpeciesLibellula sanguinea Müller, 1764  ⇒ Sympetrum sanguineum
SpeciesLibellula sanguineum Müller, 1764
SpeciesLibellula sanguinolenta Burmeister, 1839  ⇒ Crocothemis sanguinolenta sanguinolenta
SpeciesLibellula sardoa Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula saturata Uhler, 1857
Firecracker Skimmer, Flame Skimmer
1Subspecies
SpeciesLibellula scotica Leach, 1811  ⇒ Sympetrum danae
SpeciesLibellula selika Selys, 1869
SpeciesLibellula selysii Schlegel, 1849
SpeciesLibellula semiaquea Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula semicincta Say, 1839
SpeciesLibellula semicinctum Say, 1840
SpeciesLibellula semifasciata Burmeister, 1839
Painted Skimmer
SpeciesLibellula semihyalina Desjardins, 1832  ⇒ Rhyothemis semihyalina semihyalina
SpeciesLibellula semivitrea Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula separata Selys, 1849
SpeciesLibellula serva Fabricius, 1793  ⇒ Plathemis lydia
SpeciesLibellula servilia Drury, 1773  ⇒ Eublemma dyscapna
SpeciesLibellula sexmaculata Fabricius, 1787  ⇒ Eudaphaenura splendens
SpeciesLibellula sibirica Gmelin, 1790
SpeciesLibellula sieboldiana H. R. Goeppert, 1855
SpeciesLibellula sieboldiana†
SpeciesLibellula signata Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula similata Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula simplex Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula simplicicollis Say, 1839
SpeciesLibellula sinensis Gmelin, 1790
SpeciesLibellula sinuata Fabricius, 1793
SpeciesLibellula sobrina Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula socia Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula sophia Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785
SpeciesLibellula sophronia Drury, 1773  ⇒ Euclidia obsoleta
SpeciesLibellula soror Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula sparshalli Dale, 0
SpeciesLibellula sparshallii Curtis, 1838
SpeciesLibellula spec Linnaeus, 1758
SpeciesLibellula speciosa Uhler, 1858
SpeciesLibellula spectabilis Brittinger, 1850
SpeciesLibellula splendens Harris, 1776  ⇒ Calopteryx splendens
SpeciesLibellula splendeo Harris, 1776
SpeciesLibellula splendida Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula spuria Schäffer, 1763
SpeciesLibellula squamata Müller, 1764  ⇒ Aeshna caerulea
SpeciesLibellula squarrosus Linné, 1771
SpeciesLibellula stemmale Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula stemmalis Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula sticata Burmeister, 1839  ⇒ Trithemis sticata
SpeciesLibellula stictica Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula stigmatizans Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Euclidia vittata
SpeciesLibellula striolata Charpentier, 1840  ⇒ Psoralis exclamationis
SpeciesLibellula striolatum Charpentier, 1840
SpeciesLibellula stuhlmanni Gerstäcker, 1891
SpeciesLibellula stylata Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula subfasciata Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula subfasciolata Brauer, 1865
SpeciesLibellula subornata Hagen, 1861  ⇒ Plathemis subornata
Desert Whitetail
SpeciesLibellula sylvia Fourcroy, 1785
SpeciesLibellula sylvicola Hagen, 1850
SpeciesLibellula syriaca Selys, 1849
SpeciesLibellula taeniolata Schneider, 1845
SpeciesLibellula taeniolatum Schneider, 1845
SpeciesLibellula tenebrosa Say, 1840
SpeciesLibellula tenellum de Villers, 1789
SpeciesLibellula tenera Say, 1840  ⇒ Perithemis tenera
SpeciesLibellula tenuicincta Say, 1839
SpeciesLibellula terminalis Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula ternaria Say, 1839  ⇒ Libellula quadrimaculata
SpeciesLibellula tesselata Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula tessellata Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula testacea Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula testaceum Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula tetra Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula thetis Heer, 1849
SpeciesLibellula thetis†
SpeciesLibellula thoe O. Heer, 1849
SpeciesLibellula thoe†
SpeciesLibellula tillarga Fabricius, 1798  ⇒ Tholymis tillarga
SpeciesLibellula titia Drury, 1773  ⇒ Eulocastra tamsina
SpeciesLibellula tomentosa Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Epitheca (Tetragoneuria) cynosura
SpeciesLibellula transversa Say, 1839
SpeciesLibellula triangulare Selys, 1878
SpeciesLibellula triedra Müller, 1764
SpeciesLibellula trigona Lichtenstein, 1796
SpeciesLibellula trimaculata DeGeer, 1773  ⇒ Plathemis lydia
SpeciesLibellula trinacria Selys Longchamps, 1841  ⇒ Orthetrum trinacria trinacria
SpeciesLibellula tripartita Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula trivialis Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula truncatula Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula tullia Drury, 1773  ⇒ Euclidina cuspidea
SpeciesLibellula turcica Petiver, 1702  ⇒ Palpares libelloides
SpeciesLibellula ukrainensis A. Nel, 2005
SpeciesLibellula ukrainensis†
SpeciesLibellula umbrata Linnaeus, 1758  ⇒ Eublemma ornatula
SpeciesLibellula unguiculata Vander Linden, 1820
SpeciesLibellula unifasciata De Geer, 1773  ⇒ Erythrodiplax umbrata
SpeciesLibellula uniformis Kirby, 1889  ⇒ Libellula croceipennis
SpeciesLibellula unimaculata De Geer, 1773
SpeciesLibellula valga Hagen, 1862
SpeciesLibellula varia Gmelin, 1790
SpeciesLibellula variegata Linné, 1763  ⇒ Mordellistena (Mordellistena) bisbimaculata
SpeciesLibellula venosa Burmeister, 1839
SpeciesLibellula veronense Charpentier, 1825
SpeciesLibellula veronensis Charpentier, 1825
SpeciesLibellula versicolor Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Eublemma reussi
SpeciesLibellula vesiculosa Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Eublemma guiera
SpeciesLibellula vibex Hagen, 1861
SpeciesLibellula vibrans Fabricius, 1793
Great Blue Skimmer
SpeciesLibellula victoria Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785
SpeciesLibellula vilis Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula villosovittatum Brauer, 1868
SpeciesLibellula vinosa Scudder, 1866
SpeciesLibellula violacea De Geer, 1773  ⇒ Mordellistena (Mordellistena) freyi
SpeciesLibellula virginia Rambur, 1842
SpeciesLibellula virgo Linnaeus, 1758  ⇒ Calopteryx virgo
SpeciesLibellula viridicincta Retzius, 1783
SpeciesLibellula viridula Palisot de Beauvois, 1807
SpeciesLibellula vittata Weber, 1801
SpeciesLibellula vulgata Linnaeus, 1758  ⇒ Sympetrum vulgatum
SpeciesLibellula vulgatissima Linnaeus, 1758  ⇒ Denticucullus mabillei
SpeciesLibellula vulgatissimus Linnaeus, 1758
SpeciesLibellula vulgatum Linnaeus, 1758
SpeciesLibellula westwoodii Phillips, 1866
SpeciesLibellula wrightii Selys, 1869
SpeciesLibellula zonata Burmeister, 1839

Synonyms
Belonia (Kirby, 1899)
Holotania (Kirby, 1889)
Leptetrum (Newman, 1833)
Libella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pigiphila (Buchecker, 1876)
Platetrum (Newman, 1833)
Plathemis (Hagen, 1861)
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Libellula
EnglishChaser Or Darter Dragonfly, Chasers And King Skimmers, Corporals, Skimmers, Whitetails
DutchKorenbouten
DanishLibeller
FinnishHukankorennot


Distribution of Libellula Linnaeus, 1758
Albania, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, North Korea, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic South Africa, Romania, Russia, Saint Lucia, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA, Uzbekistan, Venezuela


Found in fossile formations
Green River Formation, Rott Formation


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