ODONATA
(dragonflies and damselflies)

Interactions where ODONATA is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
larva is endoparasitised by cyst Gorgoderina vitelliloba a fluke Plagiorchiida: Gorgoderidae Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
/Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Trematoda/Plagiorchiida/Gorgoderidae/Gorgoderina vitelliloba/Gorgoderina vitellilobaa flukecyst Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Odonata/Odonatadragonflies and damselflieslarva cyst endoparasitises larva
adult is endoparasitised by cyst Gorgoderina vitelliloba a fluke Plagiorchiida: Gorgoderidae Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
/Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Trematoda/Plagiorchiida/Gorgoderidae/Gorgoderina vitelliloba/Gorgoderina vitellilobaa flukecyst Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Odonata/Odonatadragonflies and damselfliesadult cyst endoparasitises adult

Author & YearTitleSource
Avery, R.A., 1974Identification of Animal ParasitesHulton Group Keys, 182pp, Hulton Educational Publications Ltd.

ODONATA (dragonflies and damselflies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

ODONATA (dragonflies and damselflies) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Suborder 15 subtaxa 5 trophisms 28 references
Suborder 9 subtaxa 5 trophisms 12 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderODONATA (dragonflies and damselflies)
InfraclassPalaeoptera (dragonflies, damselflies and mayflies)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ODONATA (dragonflies and damselflies)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Askew, R.R. Identification Chart of British and Irish Dragonflies
Askew, R.R. The Dragonflies of Europe
in the field () Brooks, S. (ed.) & Lewington, R. (illust.) 2004 Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Great Britain and Ireland 2004 edition, 160pp, British Wildlife Publishing
Dijkstra, K-D & Lewington R. 2006 Field Guide to Dragonflies of Britain and Europe 320pp, British Wildlife Publishing
Fraser, Lt-Col. F.C. 1956 *** Odonata ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the identification of British insects, Vol 1, Part 10, edition 2 edition, The Royal Entomological Society of London
() Hammond, C.O. & Merritt, R. 1983 The Dragonflies of Great Britain and Ireland Revised by R. Merrit edition, 116pp, Harley Books
() Hammond, C.O. 1977 *** The Dragonflies of Great Britain and Ireland ***(Superseded) Harley Books
in the field Kitching, D. Cheshire Dragonflies & Damselflies www.brocross.com/dfly/dfspec.htm
Lucas, W.J. 1900 *** British Dragonflies ***(Superseded) 350pp, L. Upcott Gill
Nilsson, A. (ed.) 1996 Aquatic Insects of North Europe Aquatic Insects of North Europe, Two vols, 714pp, Apollo Books
Savory, T.H. 1955 *** The World of Small Animals ***(Superseded) 160pp, University of London Press
Wallays, H. "Intruiged by nature" Photography intruigingnature.photodeck.com/
Wuilbaut, J.J. Cercle de Mycologie de Mons (Belgique): (Page perso de JJ. Wuilbaut) users.skynet.be/jjw.myco.mons

Freshwater

Greenhalgh, M. & Ovenden, D. 2007 Freshwater Life of Britain and Northern Europe Collins Pocket Guides, 256pp, Collins

Nymphs

in the field () Brooks, S. (ed.) & Lewington, R. (illust.) 2004 Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Great Britain and Ireland 2004 edition, 160pp, British Wildlife Publishing
Brooks, S. & Cham, S. 2009 Module 8: advanced identification of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata): larvae and exuviae https://www.fba.org.uk/identification-freshwater-invertebrates-species-level-distance-learning-course
Cham, S. 2012 Field Guide to the larvae and exuviae of British Dragonflies, Damselflies (Zygoptera) and Dragonflies (Anisoptera) 152pp
Corbet, P.S., Longfield, C. & Moore, N.W. 1960 Dragonflies The New Naturalist, 260pp, Collins
Fraser, Lt-Col. F.C. 1956 Odonata Handbooks for the identification of British insects, Vol 1, Part 10, edition 2 edition, The Royal Entomological Society of London
() Gardner, A.E. 1955 Key to Larvae Gardner, A.E., 1955. Key to Larvae, The Dragonflies of Great Britain and Ireland
() Hammond, C.O. & Merritt, R. 1983 The Dragonflies of Great Britain and Ireland Revised by R. Merrit edition, 116pp, Harley Books
() Hammond, C.O. 1977 *** The Dragonflies of Great Britain and Ireland ***(Superseded) Harley Books
Lucas, W.J. 1930 *** The Aquatic (Naiad) Stage of the British Dragonflies (Paraneuroptera) ***(Superseded) Vol 117, The Ray Society, London
Nilsson, A. (ed.) 1996 Aquatic Insects of North Europe Aquatic Insects of North Europe, Two vols, 714pp, Apollo Books

ODONATA (dragonflies and damselflies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Dragonflies-UK discussion group
British Dragonfly Society
Bandara, C.D., Singh, S., Afara, I.O., Tesfamichael, T., Wolff, A., Ostrikov, K. & Oloyede, A. 2017 Bactericidal Effects of Natural Nanotopography of Dragonfly Wing on Escherichia coli ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces.
Corbet, P.S., Longfield, C. & Moore, N.W. 1960 Dragonflies The New Naturalist, 260pp, Collins
Futahashi, R., Kawahara-Miki, R., Kinoshita, M., Yoshitake, K., Yajima, S., Arikawa, K. & Fukatsu, T. 2015 Extraordinary diversity of visual opsin genes in dragonflies Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA Vol 112 (11): 1247-1256.

Acid Mires

Boyce, D. 2004 A review of the invertebrate assemblages of acid mires Research Reports, Report no 592, 109pp, English Nature

Regional/Holland

Manger, R., Abbingh, G., Schinkel, H. & Mekkes, J.-J. 2016 Libellen in Drenthe 105pp

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to ODONATA (dragonflies and damselflies):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 428 images of ODONATA (dragonflies and damselflies)
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