Marine Species Traits - Libellula Linnaeus, 1758

Traits taxon details

Libellula Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

1037328 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1037328)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Libellulidae Rambur, 1842

Direct children (3)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Species Libellula incesta Hagen, 1861
Species Libellula luctuosa Burmeister, 1839
Species Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Traits (2021). Libellula Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1037328 on 2025-09-17

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Libellula Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1037328 on 2025-09-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-10-02 11:01:01Z

created

db_admin

[taxonomic tree]

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

basis of record de Jong, Y.; Verbeek, M.; Michelsen, V.; Bjørn, P. D. P.; Los, W.; Steeman, F.; Bailly, N.; Basire, C.; Chylarecki, P.; Stloukal, E.; Hagedorn, G.; Wetzel, F.; Glöckler, F.; Kroupa, A.; Korb, G.; Hoffmann, A.; Häuser, C.; Kohlbecker, A.; Müller, A.; Güntsch, A.; Stoev, P.; Penev, L. (2014). Fauna Europaea – all European animal species on the web. Biodiversity Data Journal. 2: e4034., available online at http://www.fauna-eu.org/ [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Libellula)
To Genbank