Order of insects that includes the dragonflies and damselflies
Odonata
Temporal range: Late Triassic–Recent
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Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
(unranked):
Dicondylia
Subclass:
Pterygota
Division:
Palaeoptera
Superorder:
Odonatoptera
Order:
Odonata
Suborders
Epiprocta
Anisozygoptera
Anisoptera
Zygoptera
Odonata is an order of predatory flying insects that includes the dragonflies and damselflies. The two groups are distinguished with dragonflies (suborder Epiprocta) usually being bulkier with large compound eyes together and wings spread up or out at rest, while damselflies (suborder Zygoptera) are usually more slender with eyes placed apart and wings folded together along body at rest. Adult odonates can land and perch, but rarely walk.
All odonates have aquatic larvae called naiads or nymphs, and all of them, larvae and adults, are carnivorous and are almost entirely insectivorous, although at the larval stage they will eat anything that they can overpower, including small fish, tadpoles, and even adult newts. The adults are superb aerial hunters and their legs are specialised for catching prey in flight.
Odonata is an order of predatory flying insects that includes the dragonflies and damselflies. The two groups are distinguished with dragonflies (suborder...
Damselflies are flying insects of the suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata. They are similar to dragonflies (which constitute the other odonatan suborder...
a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. About 3,000 extant species of dragonflies are known. Most are tropical...
Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) are insects with an incomplete metamorphosis (hemimetabolous). The aquatic larva or nymph hatches from an egg, and...
There are 57 recorded species of Odonata in Britain, made up of 21 damselflies (suborder Zygoptera) and 36 dragonflies (suborder Anisoptera). Of these...
included in Odonata) Protanisoptera †(extinct; sometimes included in Odonata) Triadophlebioptera †(extinct; sometimes included in Odonata) Protozygoptera...
This article contains a list of the dragonfly species recorded in Estonia. The total number of species recorded is 51 (made up of 17 damselflies (suborder...
Ris (1909) Odonata. Süsswasserfauna Deutschlands; Heft 9. Jena, G. Fischer. Robert John Tillyard (1917) The biology of dragonflies (Odonata or Paraneuroptera)...
in Senegal. List of Odonata species of Britain List of Odonata species of Ireland List of Odonata species of India List of Odonata species of South Africa...
In Mesopotamian literature, the epic poem of Gilgamesh has allusions to Odonata that signify the impossibility of immortality. Among the Aborigines of...
Extinct in the wild (EW): 1 species Critically endangered (CR): 195 species Endangered (EN): 343 species Vulnerable (VU): 608 species Near threatened...
The dragonflies Odonata were the dominant aerial predator and probably dominated terrestrial insect predation as well. True Odonata appeared in the Permian...
Cordero; Ketelaar, Robert; Suhling, Frank (July 2004). "Critical species of Odonata in Europe". International Journal of Odonatology. 7 (2): 385–398. doi:10...
Under the Amethystium name, Ramfjord has released five full-length albums (Odonata, Aphelion, Evermind, Isabliss, and Transience), a collection of works (Emblem...
The following is a list of Odonata species recorded in Ireland. Common names are those given in the standard literature; where a different name has been...
present in some insects, and they may form a reticulum as in the wings of Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) and at the base of the forewings of Tettigonioidea...
Lozano, F. (2023). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama. Retrieved 14 Mar 2023. "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound...
India List of odonates of Sri Lanka List of odonates of India List of odonata of Kerala Dow, R.A. (2017). "Crocothemis servilia". IUCN Red List of Threatened...
This partial list comprises some of the Odonata species which occur in Morais Natura 2000 Site (PTCON0023) located in the northeast of Portugal. The list...
formerly named Protodonata, the "proto-Odonata", for their similar appearance and supposed relation to modern Odonata (damselflies and dragonflies). They...
attracted to the rich food sources of the Chatham Rise. Only three species of Odonata are known from the Chatham Islands, while 14 have been recorded throughout...
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