Cordulegastridae
Sign in to saveThe Cordulegastridae are a family of Odonata (dragonflies) from the suborder Anisoptera. They are commonly known as spiketails. Some vernacular names for the species of this family are biddie and flying adder. They have large, brown or black bodies with yellow markings, and narrow unpatterned wings. Their bright eyes touch at a single point, and they can be found along small, clear, woodland streams, flying slowly 30 to 70 cm above the water. When disturbed, however, they can fly very rapidly. They usually hunt high in forest vegetation, and prefer to capture prey resting on leaves or bra
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FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderOdonata
- FamilyCordulegastridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 64
- With media
- 23
- Family
- Cordulegastridae
- Collections
- UMNH, SDNHM, UDEM, EMEC, MCGILL UNIVERSITY
- Recorded in
- Costa Rica, United States, Mexico, Bhutan, Cameroon, Canada
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- Cordulegastroidea
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- taxon common name
- kongelibeller
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The Cordulegastridae are a family of Odonata (dragonflies) from the suborder Anisoptera. They are commonly known as spiketails. Some vernacular names for the species of this family are biddie and flying adder. They have large, brown or black bodies with yellow markings, and narrow unpatterned wings. Their bright eyes touch at a single point, and they can be found along small, clear, woodland streams, flying slowly 30 to 70 cm above the water. When disturbed, however, they can fly very rapidly. They usually hunt high in forest vegetation, and prefer to capture prey resting on leaves or branches (known as gleaning).
== Taxonomy == Within the family Cordulegastridae there are 51 species amongst three different genera. These genera include Anotogaster, Cordulegaster, and Neallogaster, which have 15, 30, and 6 species respectively
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