Libellula depressa

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Interesting Facts

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,500 meters (0 to 8,202 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Binomial generated by Sp2000

Last scrutiny: Jan-2009

Similar Species

Members of the genus Libellula

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 24 species and subspecies in this genus:

L. auripennis (Golden-Winged Skimmer) · L. axilena (Bar-Winged Skimmer) · L. comanche (Comanche Skimmer) · L. composita (Bleached Skimmer) · L. croceipennis (Neon Skimmer) · L. cyanea (Spangled Skimmer) · L. deplanata (Blue Corporal) · L. exusta (White Corporal) · L. flavida (Yellow-Sided Skimmer) · L. forensis (Eight-Spotted Skimmer) · L. incesta (Slaty Skimmer) · L. jesseana (Purple Skimmer) · L. julia (Chalk-Fronted Corporal) · L. luctuosa (Widow Skimmer) · L. lydia (Common Whitetail) · L. needhami (Needham's Skimmer) · L. nodisticta (Hoary Skimmer) · L. pontica (Red Chaser) · L. pulchella (Twelve-Spotted Skimmer) · L. quadrimaculata (Four-Spotted Skimmer) · L. saturata (Firecracker Skimmer) · L. semifasciata (Painted Skimmer) · L. subornata (Desert Whitetail) · L. vibrans (Great Blue Skimmer)

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• Zoölogical bulletin. Boston, Ginn & Co. url p. 104, p. 105.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 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: 5433434
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Odo-sp2-980
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 1428686
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 628187

Footnotes

1. Mean = 92.200 meters (302.493 feet), Standard Deviation = 92.650 based on 10,018 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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