Libellula vibrans

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Physical Description

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 04-Aug-2008

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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Further Reading

• A handbook of the dragonflies of North America, by James G. Needham and Hortense Butler Heywood, assisted by specialists in certain groups. Sringfield, Ill., Baltimore, Md., C.C. Thomas, 1929. url p. 228.
• Annals of the Entomological Society of America. [College Park, Md., etc.]: Entomological Society of America. url p. 354.
• Annual report of the Ohio State Academy of Science. Columbus: The Academy, 1893-1930. url p. 98.
• Annual report of the Regents / Albany: J.B. Lyon, State Printer, 1890-1903. url p. 533.
• Bulletin - New York State Museum. Albany: New York State Education Dept. url p. 533.
• Entomological news, and proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia[Entomological Rooms of the Academy of Natural Sciences] url p. 155, p. 155, p. 19, p. 229, p. 229, p. 306, p. 314, p. 320, p. 450, p. 450, p. 84, p. 84.
• Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- url p. 104, p. 78.
• FWS/0BS. [Washington]Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior. url p. 186.
• Guide to the insects of Connecticut, prepared under the direction of Wilton Everett Britton. .. Hartford, Printed for The State Geological and Natural History Survey, 1911-27. url p. 254, p. 326.
• Journal of the New York Entomological Society. Lawrence, Kan.: Allen Press [etc.] url p. 81.
• Occasional papers of the Boston Society of Natural History. Boston, Boston Society of Natural History, 1869-1941. url p. 33.
• Reports on aquatic insects. Albany, New York, Univ. of the State of N.Y., 1901-1905. url p. 533.
• Special papers / Ohio Academy of Sciences. Columbus, Ohio: The Academy, 1899-1929. url p. 98.
• The insect book: a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies, and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies / by Leland O. Howard. Garden City: Doubleday, 1916. url .
• The insect book; a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies, by Leland O. Howard. Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday, Doran & company, 1937. url .
• The physiology of insect senses. London, Methuen;[1963] url p. 207.
• Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science. [Lexington, Ky.]Kentucky Academy of Science, 1923-1997. url p. 41.
• Tulane studies in zoology. 5 1957 New Orleans: Tulane University, 1953-1968. url p. 120, p. 124, fig. 3, page 127, p. 128, p. 96.

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 March 03, 2008:

• Illinois Natural History Survey

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Odo-5741
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 101904
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IIODO45170
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 15613

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