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Category: Order Odonata

Damselflies and Dragonflies

Suborder Anisoptera (dragonflies)

Posted: June 13, 2020 Under: Class Insecta By KHO No Comments

Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Arthropoda > Class: Insecta > Order: Odonata > Suborder Anisoptera These are the dragonflies and Anisoptera means unequal-winged from the fact that the hind wings are usually shorter and wider than the forewings. The eyes are large and usually touch at the top of the head. In the UK there are … Continue reading "Suborder Anisoptera (dragonflies)"

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Suborder Zygoptera (damselflies)

Posted: June 13, 2020 Under: Class Insecta By KHO No Comments

Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Arthropoda > Class: Insecta > Order: Odonata > Suborder Zygoptera The damselflies are usually slender with forewings and hind wings of equal length. The head is also wider than the thorax and the eyes are usually on the opposite sides of the head. Most also fold their wings along their body … Continue reading "Suborder Zygoptera (damselflies)"

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Order Odonata

Posted: August 03, 2019 Under: Class Insecta By KHO No Comments

Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Arthropoda > Class: Insecta > Order: Odonata Dragonflies and damselflies This order includes some of the oldest and largest flying invertebrates to have ever roamed the earth and the fossil record for most modern families dates back to the Jurassic or Cretaceous period. The name Odonata is derived from the Ancient … Continue reading "Order Odonata"

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Artiodactyla
Order Carnivora
Order Rodentia
Class Aves
Classification of birds
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Order Hemiptera
Order Hymenoptera
Order Lepidoptera
Superfamily Bombycoidea
Superfamily Geometroidea
Superfamily Noctuoidea
Superfamily Other moths
Superfamily Papilionoidea
Order Odonata
Suborder Anisoptera (dragonflies)
Suborder Zygoptera (damselflies)
Kingdom Plantae
Kingdom Fungi
Phylum Ascomycota
Phylum Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order Agaricales
Order Boletales
Order Cantharellales
Order Hymenochaetales
Order Polyporales
Order Russulales
Other Agaricomycetes
Class Dacrymycetes
Class Tremellomycetes
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