Recent species from Schorr, Lindeboom & Paulson, 2003
<==o Libellula Linnaeus, 1758 |-- L. angelina Selys, 1883 [Libellula infuscata Eversmann, 1836; Libellula niphonica Kobayashi, 1941] |-- L. auripennis Burmeister, 1839 [Libellula costalis Rambur, 1842] |-- L. axilena Westwood, 1837 [Libellula leda Say, 1839] |-- L. comanche Calvert, 1907 [Libellula flavida Hagen, 1861 (nec Rambur, 1842)] |-- L. composita (Hagen, 1873) [Mesothemis composita Hagen, 1873] |-- L. croceipennis Selys, 1869 [Belonia uniformis Kirby, 1889; Libellula saturata aliasignata Muttkowski, 1910] |-- L. cyanea Fabricius, 1775 [Libellula bistigma Uhler, 1857; Libellula quadrupla Say, 1839] |-- L. flavida Rambur, 1842 [Libellula plumbea Uhler, 1857] |-- L. foliata (Kirby, 1889) [Belonia foliata Kirby, 1889] |-- L. forensis Hagen, 1861 |-- L. gaigei Gloyd, 1938 |-- L. herculea Karsch, 1889 [Belonia longipennis Kirby, 1889] |-- L. incesta Hagen, 1861 |-- L. jesseana Williamson, 1922 |-- L. luctuosa Burmeister, 1839 [Libellula basalis Say, 1839 (nec Stephens, 1835); Libellula odiosa Hagen, 1861] |-- L. mariae Garrison, 1992 |-- L. melli Schmidt, 1948 |-- L. needhami Westfall, 1943 |-- L. nodisticta Hagen, 1861 |-- L. pontica Selys, 1887 |-- L. pulchella Drury, 1773 [Libellula confusa Uhler, 1857; Libellula versicolor Fabricius, 1775] |-- L. quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758 [Libellula maculata Harris, 1782; Libellula quadrimaculata asahinai Schmidt, 1957; Libellula quadripunctata Fabricius, 1781; Libellula relicta Belyshev, 1973; Libellula ternaria Say, 1839 (in partim)] |-- L. saturata Uhler, 1857 |-- L. semifasciata Burmeister, 1839 [Libellula bifasciata Fabricius, 1775 (nomen oblitum?); Libellula hersilia Blanchard, 1849; Libellula maculata Rambur, 1842; Libellula ternaria Say, 1839 (in partim)] `-- L. vibrans Fabricius, 1793
Reference(s):
- Schorr, M., Lindeboom, M. & Paulson, D., 2003: World Species List – Odonata.
–iNet: International Dragonfly Fund: http://www.calopteryx.de/idf/