Dragonflies and damselflies: predatory insects with two pairs of long, transparent, heavily veined wings and exceptionally acute vision from large compound eyes. Odonata spend a juvenile, aquatic stage as a predatory nymph before emerging to a short-lived, aerial adult stage.
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Member Species/Taxa CountApproximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized. Taxonomic Rank Scientific Name Classification
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Source Wikidata: Damselfly
Source Wikidata: Dragonfly
Source Erythrodiplax berenice (Wikidata)
Source Hine's emerald (Wikidata)
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ25375, descriptionView the Source 2. Catalogue of Life
Wikidata: Odonata
Wikidata: Damselfly
Parent Taxon Of: Damselfly, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q25375 (Odonata)View the Source Wikidata: Dragonfly
Parent Taxon Of: Dragonfly, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q25375 (Odonata)View the Source Hine's emerald (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Hine's emerald, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Erythrodiplax berenice (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Erythrodiplax berenice, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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