Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 580 meters (0 to 1,903 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Class:
Insecta
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Superorder:
Odonatoptera
()
- Order:
Odonata
()
- Fabricius, 1793
- Dragonflies and Damselflies
- Suborder:
Zygoptera
()
- Selys, 1854
- Superfamily:
Coenagrionoidea
()
- Kirby, 1890
- Family:
Coenagrionidae
()
- Kirby, 1890
- Subfamily:
Coenagrioninae
()
- Genus:
Erythromma
()
- Charpentier, 1840
- Specific name:
najas
- (Hansemann, 1823)
- Scientific name: - Erythromma najas (Hansemann, 1823)
- Specific name:
najas
- (Hansemann, 1823)
- Genus:
Erythromma
(
- Subfamily:
Coenagrioninae
(
- Family:
Coenagrionidae
(
- Superfamily:
Coenagrionoidea
(
- Suborder:
Zygoptera
(
- Order:
Odonata
(
- Superorder:
Odonatoptera
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Agrion analis Vander Linden • Agrion chloridion Charpentier • Agrion lincolniensis Stephens • Erythromma bipunctatum Schirmer • Erythromma immaculatum Schirmer • Erythromma nigrithorax Foerster
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Binomial generated by Sp2000
Last scrutiny: Jan-2009
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Erythromma
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Further Reading
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- British journal of entomology and natural history. [London]: British Entomological and Natural History Society, 1988- url p. 179.
- Catalogue of the family-group, genus-group and species-group names of the Odonata of the world / Charles A. Bridges. Urbana, Ill.: Charles A. Bridges, 1994. url p. 30.
- International catalogue of scientific literature. LondonPublished for the International Council by the Royal Society of London1901-1920 url p. 399, p. 458.
- Memoirs of the American Entomological Society. 3 1919 Philadelphia, American Entomological Society, 1916- url plate text, page 75.
- Polskie pismo entomologiczne = Polish journal of entomology = Bulletin entomologique de Pologne Warszawa [etc.]Panstwowe Wydawn. Naukowe. url p. 129.
- Proceedings and transactions of the British Entomological and Natural History Society. London, British Entomological and Natural History Society. url p. 28.
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url p. 845, p. 845.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 96.
- Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 1841- url p. 52.
- Proceedings of the South London Entomological & Natural History Society. London [Eng]: South London Entomological and Natural history Society, [1897-1933] url p. 103.
- Science-gossip. Berlin: R. Friedländer & Sohn, [1894]-1902. url p. 150.
- The Entomologist's monthly magazine. Oxford [etc.]Entomologist's Monthly Magazine Ltd. [etc.] url p. 192, p. 215, p. 255, p. 277, p. 36, p. 37, p. 87.
- The Entomologist's record and journal of variation. s.l., s.n. url , p. 130, p. 25.
- The Entomologist. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., [1877- url , , p. 122, p. 230, p. 283, p. 29, p. 30, p. 31, p. 35.
- The Victoria history of the county of Suffolk / edited by William Page. Folkestone [Kent]: Dawson for the University of London, Institute of Historical Research, 1907-1975. url p. 105.
- Transactions of the Natural History Society of Glasgow. Glasgow, The Society. url p. 272, p. 94.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 24, 2007:
- UK National Biodiversity Network, Biological Records Centre - Dragonfly and Damselfly
- records for Britain to 1992, from the former Dragonfly Recording Scheme
- UK National Biodiversity Network, Wiltshire and Swindon Biological Records Centre - Odonata Records for Wiltshire 1965 - 2002
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5038432
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Odo-sp2-655
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 1428686
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 616813
Footnotes
- Mean = 68.820 meters (225.787 feet), Standard Deviation = 64.550 based on 9,329 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
