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Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Odonata
family
Libellulidae
genus
Libellula
species
Libellula quadrimaculata

Name

Synonyms
Leptetrum quadrimaculatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Leptetrum quadrimaculatum praenubilum (Newman, 1833)
Libellula basilinea McLachlan, 1894
Libellula contacta Bartenef, 1930
Libellula flavescens Brittinger, 1850
Libellula maculata Harris, 1782
Libellula praenubila Newman, 1833
Libellula quadripunctata Fabricius, 1781
Libellula relicta Belyshev, 1973
Libellula ternaria Say, 1839
Homonyms
Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Fireplettet Libel in language.
Fireplettet libel in Danish
Four-spotted Chaser in English
Four-spotted Skimmer in language.
Four-spotted Skimmer in English
Four-spotted Skimmer (USA) in English
Fyrfläckad trollslända in Swedish
Libellule à quatre taches in French
Ruskohukankorento in Finnish
Vandrelibel in Danish
Vierfleck in German
Vierfleck in German
Vierfleck in German
Viervlek in Dutch
fjouwerflek in Western Frisian
four spotted chaser in English
libellule à quatre taches in French
viervlek in Dutch
viervlek in Dutch
Four-spotted Chaser in English
Viervlek in Dutch
firflekkbredlibelle in Norwegian Bokmål
firflekkbredlibelle in Nynorsk, Norwegian
fyrfläckad trollslända in Swedish
Four-spotted Skimmer in English
La Quadrimaculée in French
Libellule Quadrimaculée in French
Vierfleck in German
firflekklibelle in Norwegian Bokmål
fyrfläckig trollslända in Swedish

Bibliographic References

  1. Askew, R.R. (1988)
  2. Dijkstra, K.D.B. et al. (2002)
  3. Garrison, Rosser W. / Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds., 1997: Odonata. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 4: Non-Holometabolous Orders. 551-580.
  4. Heidemann, H. & Seidenbusch, R. (2002)
  5. Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classses, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis
  6. Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classses, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis
  7. Paulson, Dennis R., and Sidney W. Dunkle, 1999: A Checklist of North American Odonata including English name, etymology, type locality, and distribution. Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound, Occasional Paper no. 56. 88.
  8. Sahlén, G. (1996) Sveriges trollsländor
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