Odonata
Also known as dragonflies and damselflies
Odonata is an order of predatory flying insects that includes the dragonflies and damselflies (as well as the Epiophlebia damsel-dragonflies). The two major groups are distinguished with dragonflies (Anisoptera) usually being bulkier with large compound eyes together and wings spread up or out at rest, while damselflies (suborder Zygoptera) are usually more slender with eyes placed apart and wings folded together along body at rest. Adult odonates can land and perch, but rarely walk.
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Odonata is an order of predatory flying insects that includes dragonflies and damselflies, distinguished by their large compound eyes and two pairs of wings. While dragonflies tend to be bulkier with wings spread at rest, damselflies are typically more slender with wings folded along their bodies, though both are skilled fliers that rarely walk.
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Species
dragonflies
Odonata
ORDER
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderOdonata
Habitatbrackish, freshwater
蜻蛉目（學名：Odonata）的昆蟲主要包括蜻蜓和豆娘，又名丁蛵、虰蛵。這些昆蟲有著碩大的複眼、兩對強而有力的透明翅膀, 與及修長的腹部。 蜻蛉目為肉食性昆蟲。頭部靈活，複眼發達，單眼3個。觸角短，4-7節。翅膀4翼，細長。腹部修長。為不完全變態，稚蟲水棲，無蛹期。蜻蛉目的昆蟲包含「豆娘」和「蜻蜓」二大類；細長的身體、二對透明的翅膀、一對大複眼是牠們的共同特徵。種類繁多，目前全世界已知約有5900種以上。Global Species Database of Odonata. Catalogue of Life. 2011-12-24 [2018-08-15].
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Research
1,999 papers- Evolution of Odonata: genomic insights.ReviewCurrent opinion in insect science · 2023Newton L, Tolman E, Kohli M et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2023.101073
Article
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- Etymology and terminology
- External morphology
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- Description
- Evolution
- Fossil history
- Phylogeny
- Taxonomy
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Odonata is an order of predatory flying insects that includes the dragonflies and damselflies (as well as the Epiophlebia damsel-dragonflies). The two major groups are distinguished with dragonflies (Anisoptera) usually being bulkier with large compound eyes together and wings spread up or out at rest, while damselflies (suborder Zygoptera) are usually more slender with eyes placed apart and wings folded together along body at rest. Adult odonates can land and perch, but rarely walk.
All odonates have aquatic larvae called naiads or nymphs, and all of them, larvae and adults, are carnivorous and are almost entirely insectivorous, although at the larval stage they will eat anything that they can overpower, including small fish, tadpoles, and even adult newts. The adults are superb aerial hunters and their legs are specialised for catching prey in flight.