Libellula grandis Linnaeus 1758 (common skimmer)

Insecta - Odonata - Libellulidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Libellula according to O. F. Müller 1767

See also Fabricius 1775, Linnaeus 1758, Linnaeus 1761, Linnaeus 1767, Nel et al. 1994, Scopoli 1763 and Steinmann 1997

Sister taxa: Libellula (Heterophlebia), Libellula adriatica, Libellula aglaia, Libellula kieseli, Libellula knetti, Libellula mediterranea, Libellula oeningensis, Libellula pannewitziana, Libellula pourqueryi, Libellula requieniana, Libellula sieboldiana, Libellula ukrainensis

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Libellula grandis in the database

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