Aeshnidae

Anax imperator

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Aeshnoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Superordo: Odonatoptera Ordo: Odonata Subordo: Anisoptera Superfamilia: Aeshnoidea

Familia: Aeshnidae
Subfamiliae: Aeshninae – Brachytroninae
Genera incertae sedis: †Huncoaeshna

secundum Bechly, 1996

Subfamiliae: Aeshninae – Epiaeschninae – Gynacanthinae – Oplonaeschninae

Name

Aeshnidae Leach, 1815

Synonymy

• Aeshnides Leach, 1815: 136

References

Primary references

• Leach, W.E. 1815. Entomology [pp. 57–172]. In: Brewster, D. (Ed). Brewster’s Edinburgh Encyclopedia. Volume IX [part I]. W. Blackwood, J. Waugh, etc., Edinburgh, 764 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bechly, G. 1996. Morphologische Untersuchungen am Flugelgeäder der rezenten Libellen und deren Stammgruppenvertreter (Insecta; Pterygota; Odonata) unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der phylogenetischen Systematik und des Grundplanes der Odonata. Petalura Special Volume 2: 402 pp, 3 tabls, 111 figs. Reference page. 
• Bechly, G. & Rasmussen, J.A. 2019. A new genus of hawker dragonfly (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae) from the Early Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark. Zootaxa 4550(1): 123–128. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4550.1.6 . Plazi. Reference page. 
• Carle, F.L., Kjer, K.M. & May, M.L. 2015. A molecular phylogeny and classification of Anisoptera (Odonata). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 73(2): 281–301. DOI: 10.3897/asp.73.e31805 . Reference page. 
• Nel, A., Martínez-Delclòs, X., Escuillé, F. & Brisac, P. 1994. Les Aeshnidae fossiles. Un inventaire critique (Odonata, Anisoptera). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 194(2/3): 143–186. DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/194/1994/143 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Nel, A. & Petrulevičius, J.F. 2010. Afrotropical and Nearctic genera of Odonata in the French Oligocene: biogeographic and paleoclimatic implications (Insecta: Calopterygidae, Aeshnidae). Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.) 46(1–2): 228–236. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2010.10697662 . Reference page. 
• Petrulevičius, J.F., Nel, A. & Voisin, J.-F. 2010. A new genus and species of darner dragonfly (Aeshnidae: Odonata) from the lower Eocene of Laguna del Hunco, Patagonia, Argentina. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.) 46(1–2): 271–275. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2010.10697668 . Reference page. 
• von Ellenrieder, N. 2002. A phylogenetic analysis of the extant Aeshnidae (Odonata: Anisoptera). Systematic Entomology 27(4): 437–467. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3113.2002.00190.x . Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Edellibellen
• français: Æschnidés
• magyar: Karcsú acsafélék
• 日本語: ヤンマ科
• 한국어: 왕잠자리과
• Nederlands: Glazenmakers
• polski: żagnicowate
• русский: Коромысла

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