order Odonata

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order Odonata - dragonflies and damselflies

Odonata

animal order - the order of animals

class Hexapoda, class Insecta, Hexapoda, Insecta - insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species

odonate - large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings

Anisoptera, suborder Anisoptera - dragonflies

suborder Zygoptera, Zygoptera - damselflies

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Among the insects, the order Odonata, popularly known as dragonflies, is a group with low number of species, compared with other groups of insects (Buzzi, 2013), characterized by present aquatic nymphs and terrestrial flying adults (Corbet, 1980).

Immature Odonata-Anisoptera in the Iguatemi river basin, upper Parana River, Mato Grosso do sul state, Brazil/Imaturos de Odonata-Anisoptera da bacia do rio Iguatemi, alto rio Parana, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil

URBAN RURAL ORDER ODONATA Suborder Zygoptera Family Calopterygidae Hetaerina sp.

Does the habitat structure control the distribution and diversity of the Odonatofauna?/A estrutura do habitat controla a distribuicao e diversidade da Odonatofauna?

This is the first report of an insect belonging to the order Odonata preying on D.

Report of Erpetogomphus sabaleticus Williamson, 1918 (Odonata: Gomphidae) feeding on Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Liviidae)

CUTE DAMSEL | Damselflies are insects |in the order Odonata.

The flies have it for Carolyne

95 Neomysis integer C (Leach) Order Odonata C Subclass Oligochaeta D 2 < 0.

Linking nutrient loading, local abiotic variables, richness and biomasses of macrophytes, and associated invertebrate species in the northeastern Baltic Sea

The genus Cloeon was the only representative of the mayfly families that occurred on a regular basis and the damselfly Ceragrion, also a member of the order Odonata, was often present as well.

Aquatic invertebrate communities of perennial pans in Mpumalanga, South Africa: a diversity and functional approach

The order Odonata is tailor-made for systematic studies, for there is an extensive array of useful characters present in both adult and larval stages.

Cordoba-Aguilar, A. [ed.]. 2008. Dragonflies and Damselflies. Model organisms for ecological and evolutionary research

Both have large multifaceted eyes and belong to the order Odonata (hence the name "odonates"), but there is an obvious difference in the way they hold their wings at rest: dragonflies hold their wings open fiat horizontally, perpendicular to their bodies (see photo above), whereas damselflies hold their wings over their backs, either closed (see photo below) or in a v-shape.

Flying jewels of New York

Coenagrionidae is a cosmopolitan family and the largest in the order Odonata with about 1100 described species.

Primer registro del genero de caballitos del diablo Anisagrion (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) para Colombia

Dragonflies, and their smaller cousins, the damsel flies, are members of the insect order Odonata.

Insect aerial acrobats: a watery habitat is crucial to the lives of dragonflies and your enjoyment watching them