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Aeshnidae
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Aeshnidae, also called aeshnids, hawkers, or darners, is a family of dragonflies, found nearly worldwide, with more than 50 genera and over 450 species.
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Aeshnidae is a family of insects within the order Odonata, class Insecta, and phylum Arthropoda. The taxon is classified under the superfamily Aeshnoidea and suborder Anisoptera. Its scientific name was established by Rambur in 1842, and it holds an accepted status in taxonomic records. Common names for this group include glazenmakers and storlibeller.
Members of this family inhabit freshwater environments. While specific geographic ranges are not detailed in the provided records, specimen collections have been documented in the United States and Brazil. These records are held by institutions such as the USNM, YPM, UAM, UMNH, and UCMP. The family has been referenced in 309 other encyclopedia articles.
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Species
glazenmakers
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderOdonata
- FamilyAeshnidae
晏蜓科（学名：Aeshnidae）是差翅亞目下的一個科。 有學者認為該科實際上應該分為Aeshnidae和Telephlebiidae。 其學名本身實際上是排版錯誤而產生的，原來的詞應該是希臘語Aechma（矛）。 “Aeschnidae”也曾作為其學名流行過一段時間，但最後還是採用了現名，不過其下的屬例如Rhionaeschna（英语：Rhionaeschna）依舊保留了“sch”的拼寫。
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,171
- With media
- 134
- Family
- Aeshnidae
- Collections
- USNM, YPM, UAM, UMNH, UCMP
- Recorded in
- United States, Brazil
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Description
- Taxonomy and genera
- Fossil genera
- See also
- References
- External links
Aeshnidae, also called aeshnids, hawkers, or darners, is a family of dragonflies, found nearly worldwide, with more than 50 genera and over 450 species.
The family includes some of the largest dragonflies, and can be over three inches long.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aeshnidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.