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Species List for Insects: Odonata
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Odonata
| Scientific Name | Common Name | GRANK | SRANK | COSEWIC | MNR | TRACK | FAMILY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sort | Sort | Sort | Sort | Sort | Sort | Sort | Sort (Family, Taxon.) |
| Aeshna canadensis | Canada Darner | G5 | S5 | N | AESHNIDAE | ||
| Aeshna clepsydra | Mottled Darner | G4 | S3 | Y | AESHNIDAE | ||
| Aeshna constricta | Lance-tipped Darner | G5 | S5 | N | AESHNIDAE | ||
| Aeshna eremita | Lake Darner | G5 | S5 | N | AESHNIDAE | ||
| Aeshna interrupta | Variable Darner | G5 | S5 | N | AESHNIDAE | ||
| Aeshna interrupta lineata | Variable (Lineate) Darner | G5T5 | S2 | Y | AESHNIDAE | ||
| Aeshna juncea | Sedge Darner | G5 | S3? | Y | AESHNIDAE | ||
| Aeshna mutata | Spatterdock Darner | G4 | S1 | Y | AESHNIDAE | ||
| Aeshna septentrionalis | Azure Darner | G5 | S1S3 | Y | AESHNIDAE | ||
| Aeshna sitchensis | Zigzag Darner | G5 | S4 | N | AESHNIDAE | ||
| Aeshna subarctica | Subarctic Darner | G5 | S2S3 | Y | AESHNIDAE | ||
| Aeshna tuberculifera | Black-tipped Darner | G4 | S4 | N | AESHNIDAE | ||
| Aeshna umbrosa | Shadow Darner | G5 | S5 | N | AESHNIDAE | ||
| Aeshna verticalis | Green-striped Darner | G5 | S3 | Y | AESHNIDAE | ||
| Amphiagrion saucium | Eastern Red Damsel | G5 | S4 | N | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Anax junius | Common Green Darner | G5 | S5 | N | AESHNIDAE | ||
| Anax longipes | Comet Darner | G5 | SNA | N | AESHNIDAE | ||
| Archilestes grandis | Great Spreadwing | G5 | SNR | N | LESTIDAE | ||
| Argia apicalis | Blue-fronted Dancer | G5 | S4 | N | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Argia fumipennis violacea | Violet Dancer | G5T5 | S5 | N | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Argia moesta | Powdered Dancer | G5 | S5 | N | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Argia sedula | Blue-ringed Dancer | G5 | S2 | Y | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Argia tibialis | Blue-tipped Dancer | G5 | S3 | Y | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Argia translata | Dusky Dancer | G5 | S2 | Y | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Arigomphus cornutus | Horned Clubtail | G4 | S3 | Y | GOMPHIDAE | ||
| Arigomphus furcifer | Lilypad Clubtail | G5 | S3 | Y | GOMPHIDAE | ||
| Arigomphus villosipes | Unicorn Clubtail | G5 | S2S3 | Y | GOMPHIDAE | ||
| Basiaeschna janata | Springtime Darner | G5 | S5 | N | AESHNIDAE | ||
| Boyeria grafiana | Ocellated Darner | G5 | S4 | N | AESHNIDAE | ||
| Boyeria vinosa | Fawn Darner | G5 | S5 | N | AESHNIDAE | ||
| Calopteryx aequabilis | River Jewelwing | G5 | S5 | N | CALOPTERYGIDAE | ||
| Calopteryx maculata | Ebony Jewelwing | G5 | S5 | N | CALOPTERYGIDAE | ||
| Celithemis elisa | Calico Pennant | G5 | S5 | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Celithemis eponina | Halloween Pennant | G5 | S4 | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Celithemis fasciata | Banded Pennant | G5 | SNA | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Chromagrion conditum | Aurora Damsel | G5 | S5 | N | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Coenagrion angulatum | Prairie Bluet | G5 | SH | Y | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Coenagrion interrogatum | Subarctic Bluet | G5 | S4 | N | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Coenagrion resolutum | Taiga Bluet | G5 | S5 | N | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Cordulegaster diastatops | Delta-spotted Spiketail | G5 | S4 | N | CORDULEGASTERIDAE | ||
| Cordulegaster maculata | Twin-spotted Spiketail | G5 | S4 | N | CORDULEGASTERIDAE | ||
| Cordulegaster obliqua | Arrowhead Spiketail | G4 | S2 | Y | CORDULEGASTERIDAE | ||
| Cordulia shurtleffii | American Emerald | G5 | S5 | N | CORDULIIDAE | ||
| Didymops transversa | Stream Cruiser | G5 | S4 | N | MACROMIIDAE | ||
| Dorocordulia libera | Racket-tailed Emerald | G5 | S5 | N | CORDULIIDAE | ||
| Dromogomphus spinosus | Black-shouldered Spinyleg | G5 | S5 | N | GOMPHIDAE | ||
| Dromogomphus spoliatus | Flag-tailed Spinyleg | G4G5 | S1 | Y | GOMPHIDAE | ||
| Enallagma anna | River Bluet | G5 | S2 | Y | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Enallagma annexum | Northern Bluet | G5 | S4 | N | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Enallagma antennatum | Rainbow Bluet | G5 | S4 | N | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Enallagma aspersum | Azure Bluet | G5 | S3 | Y | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Enallagma basidens | Double-striped Bluet | G5 | S3 | Y | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Enallagma boreale | Boreal Bluet | G5 | S5 | N | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Enallagma carunculatum | Tule Bluet | G5 | S5 | N | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Enallagma civile | Familiar Bluet | G5 | S5 | N | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Enallagma clausum | Alkali Bluet | G5 | S1 | Y | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Enallagma ebrium | Marsh Bluet | G5 | S5 | N | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Enallagma exsulans | Stream Bluet | G5 | S5 | N | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Enallagma geminatum | Skimming Bluet | G5 | S4 | N | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Enallagma hageni | Hagen's Bluet | G5 | S5 | N | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Enallagma signatum | Orange Bluet | G5 | S4 | N | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Enallagma traviatum | Slender Bluet | G5 | S1 | Y | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Enallagma vernale | Spring Northern Bluet | G4 | S4 | N | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Enallagma vesperum | Vesper Bluet | G5 | S4 | N | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Epiaeschna heros | Swamp Darner | G5 | S2S3 | Y | AESHNIDAE | ||
| Epitheca canis | Beaverpond Baskettail | G5 | S5 | N | CORDULIIDAE | ||
| Epitheca cynosura | Common Baskettail | G5 | S5 | N | CORDULIIDAE | ||
| Epitheca princeps | Prince Baskettail | G5 | S5 | N | CORDULIIDAE | ||
| Epitheca spinigera | Spiny Baskettail | G5 | S5 | N | CORDULIIDAE | ||
| Erythemis simplicicollis | Eastern Pondhawk | G5 | S5 | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Gomphaeschna furcillata | Harlequin Darner | G5 | S3 | Y | AESHNIDAE | ||
| Gomphus adelphus | Moustached Clubtail | G4 | S4 | N | GOMPHIDAE | ||
| Gomphus borealis | Beaverpond Clubtail | G4 | S3 | Y | GOMPHIDAE | ||
| Gomphus descriptus | Harpoon Clubtail | G4 | S3 | Y | GOMPHIDAE | ||
| Gomphus exilis | Lancet Clubtail | G5 | S5 | N | GOMPHIDAE | ||
| Gomphus fraternus | Midland Clubtail | G5 | S4 | N | GOMPHIDAE | ||
| Gomphus graslinellus | Pronghorn Clubtail | G5 | S3 | Y | GOMPHIDAE | ||
| Gomphus lividus | Ashy Clubtail | G5 | S4 | N | GOMPHIDAE | ||
| Gomphus quadricolor | Rapids Clubtail | G3G4 | S1 | END | Y | GOMPHIDAE | |
| Gomphus spicatus | Dusky Clubtail | G5 | S5 | N | GOMPHIDAE | ||
| Gomphus vastus | Cobra Clubtail | G5 | S1 | Y | GOMPHIDAE | ||
| Gomphus ventricosus | Skillet Clubtail | G3 | S1 | Y | GOMPHIDAE | ||
| Gomphus viridifrons | Green-faced Clubtail | G3G4 | S1 | Y | GOMPHIDAE | ||
| Hagenius brevistylus | Dragonhunter | G5 | S5 | N | GOMPHIDAE | ||
| Helocordulia uhleri | Uhler's Sundragon | G5 | S3 | Y | CORDULIIDAE | ||
| Hetaerina americana | American Rubyspot | G5 | S4 | N | CALOPTERYGIDAE | ||
| Hetaerina titia | Smoky Rubyspot | G5 | S2 | Y | CALOPTERYGIDAE | ||
| Ischnura hastata | Citrine Forktail | G5 | S2 | Y | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Ischnura kellicotti | Lilypad Forktail | G5 | S1 | Y | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Ischnura posita | Fragile Forktail | G5 | S4 | N | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Ischnura verticalis | Eastern Forktail | G5 | S5 | N | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Ladona julia | Chalk-fronted Corporal | G5 | S5 | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Lestes congener | Spotted Spreadwing | G5 | S5 | N | LESTIDAE | ||
| Lestes disjunctus | Common Spreadwing | G5 | S5 | N | LESTIDAE | ||
| Lestes dryas | Emerald Spreadwing | G5 | S5 | N | LESTIDAE | ||
| Lestes eurinus | Amber-winged Spreadwing | G4 | S3 | Y | LESTIDAE | ||
| Lestes forcipatus | Sweetflag Spreadwing | G5 | S4 | N | LESTIDAE | ||
| Lestes inaequalis | Elegant Spreadwing | G5 | S4 | N | LESTIDAE | ||
| Lestes rectangularis | Slender Spreadwing | G5 | S5 | N | LESTIDAE | ||
| Lestes unguiculatus | Lyre-tipped Spreadwing | G5 | S5 | N | LESTIDAE | ||
| Lestes vigilax | Swamp Spreadwing | G5 | S4 | N | LESTIDAE | ||
| Leucorrhinia borealis | Boreal Whiteface | G5 | S1S3 | Y | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Leucorrhinia frigida | Frosted Whiteface | G5 | S5 | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Leucorrhinia glacialis | Crimson-ringed Whiteface | G5 | S4 | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Leucorrhinia hudsonica | Hudsonian Whiteface | G5 | S5 | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Leucorrhinia intacta | Dot-tailed Whiteface | G5 | S5 | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Leucorrhinia patricia | Canada Whiteface | G4 | S2S3 | Y | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Leucorrhinia proxima | Red-waisted Whiteface | G5 | S5 | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Libellula incesta | Slaty Skimmer | G5 | S4 | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Libellula luctuosa | Widow Skimmer | G5 | S5 | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Libellula pulchella | Twelve-spotted Skimmer | G5 | S5 | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Libellula quadrimaculata | Four-spotted Skimmer | G5 | S5 | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Libellula semifasciata | Painted Skimmer | G5 | S2 | Y | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Libellula vibrans | Great Blue Skimmer | G5 | S1 | Y | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Macromia illinoiensis | Illinois River Cruiser | G5 | S4 | N | MACROMIIDAE | ||
| Macromia taeniolata | Royal River Cruiser | G5 | S1 | Y | MACROMIIDAE | ||
| Nannothemis bella | Elfin Skimmer | G4 | S4 | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Nasiaeschna pentacantha | Cyrano Darner | G5 | S3 | Y | AESHNIDAE | ||
| Nehalennia gracilis | Sphagnum Sprite | G5 | S4 | N | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Nehalennia irene | Sedge Sprite | G5 | S5 | N | COENAGRIONIDAE | ||
| Neurocordulia yamaskanensis | Stygian Shadowdragon | G5 | S4 | N | CORDULIIDAE | ||
| Ophiogomphus anomalus | Extra-striped Snaketail | G4 | S3 | Y | GOMPHIDAE | ||
| Ophiogomphus carolus | Riffle Snaketail | G5 | S2S3 | Y | GOMPHIDAE | ||
| Ophiogomphus colubrinus | Boreal Snaketail | G5 | S4 | N | GOMPHIDAE | ||
| Ophiogomphus mainensis | Maine Snaketail | G4 | S1 | Y | GOMPHIDAE | ||
| Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis | Rusty Snaketail | G5 | S4 | N | GOMPHIDAE | ||
| Pachydiplax longipennis | Blue Dasher | G5 | S5 | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Pantala flavescens | Wandering Glider | G5 | S4 | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Pantala hymenaea | Spot-winged Glider | G5 | S4 | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Perithemis tenera | Eastern Amberwing | G5 | S4 | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Plathemis lydia | Common Whitetail | G5 | S5 | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Progomphus obscurus | Common Sanddragon | G5 | S1 | Y | GOMPHIDAE | ||
| Somatochlora albicincta | Ringed Emerald | G5 | S4? | N | CORDULIIDAE | ||
| Somatochlora cingulata | Lake Emerald | G5 | S4 | N | CORDULIIDAE | ||
| Somatochlora elongata | Ski-tailed Emerald | G5 | S3? | Y | CORDULIIDAE | ||
| Somatochlora ensigera | Plains Emerald | G4 | S1 | Y | CORDULIIDAE | ||
| Somatochlora forcipata | Forcipate Emerald | G5 | S3 | Y | CORDULIIDAE | ||
| Somatochlora franklini | Delicate Emerald | G5 | S4 | N | CORDULIIDAE | ||
| Somatochlora hudsonica | Hudsonian Emerald | G5 | S2S3 | Y | CORDULIIDAE | ||
| Somatochlora incurvata | Incurvate Emerald | G4 | S1 | Y | CORDULIIDAE | ||
| Somatochlora kennedyi | Kennedy's Emerald | G5 | S4 | N | CORDULIIDAE | ||
| Somatochlora linearis | Mocha Emerald | G5 | S1 | Y | CORDULIIDAE | ||
| Somatochlora minor | Ocellated Emerald | G5 | S4 | N | CORDULIIDAE | ||
| Somatochlora septentrionalis | Muskeg Emerald | G5 | S2S3 | Y | CORDULIIDAE | ||
| Somatochlora tenebrosa | Clamp-tipped Emerald | G5 | S2S3 | Y | CORDULIIDAE | ||
| Somatochlora walshii | Brush-tipped Emerald | G5 | S4 | N | CORDULIIDAE | ||
| Somatochlora whitehousei | Whitehouse's Emerald | G5 | S2S3 | Y | CORDULIIDAE | ||
| Somatochlora williamsoni | Williamson's Emerald | G5 | S4 | N | CORDULIIDAE | ||
| Stylogomphus albistylus | Least Clubtail | G5 | S4 | N | GOMPHIDAE | ||
| Stylurus amnicola | Riverine Clubtail | G4 | S1 | Y | GOMPHIDAE | ||
| Stylurus laurae | Laura's Clubtail | G4 | S1 | Y | GOMPHIDAE | ||
| Stylurus notatus | Elusive Clubtail | G3 | S2 | Y | GOMPHIDAE | ||
| Stylurus plagiatus | Russet-tipped Clubtail | G5 | SH | Y | GOMPHIDAE | ||
| Stylurus scudderi | Zebra Clubtail | G4 | S4 | N | GOMPHIDAE | ||
| Stylurus spiniceps | Arrow Clubtail | G5 | S2 | Y | GOMPHIDAE | ||
| Sympetrum ambiguum | Blue-faced Meadowhawk | G5 | SNA | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Sympetrum corruptum | Variegated Meadowhawk | G5 | S3 | Y | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Sympetrum costiferum | Saffron-bordered Meadowhawk | G5 | S4 | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Sympetrum danae | Black Meadowhawk | G5 | S4 | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Sympetrum internum | Cherry-faced Meadowhawk | G5 | S5 | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Sympetrum obtrusum | White-faced Meadowhawk | G5 | S5 | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Sympetrum occidentale | Western Meadowhawk | G5 | SNA | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Sympetrum rubicundulum | Ruby Meadowhawk | G5 | S5 | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Sympetrum semicinctum | Band-winged Meadowhawk | G5 | S4 | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Sympetrum vicinum | Yellow-legged Meadowhawk | G5 | S5 | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Tramea carolina | Carolina Saddlebags | G5 | SNA | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Tramea lacerata | Black Saddlebags | G5 | S4 | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Tramea onusta | Red Saddlebags | G5 | SNA | N | LIBELLULIDAE | ||
| Williamsonia fletcheri | Ebony Boghaunter | G4 | S2 | Y | CORDULIIDAE | ||