Orthetrum cancellatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Black-tailed Skimmer)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOrthetrum cancellatum (Black-tailed Skimmer)
GenusOrthetrum (skimmer dragonflies)
FamilyLIBELLULIDAE (chaser, darter and skimmer dragonflies)
SuborderANISOPTERA (dragonflies)
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)
Records of Orthetrum cancellatum (Black-tailed Skimmer) :
1: Orthetrum cancellatum (Black-tailed Skimmer)
30 May 2018 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, freshly emerged
Image 1: Female - freshly emergedImage 2: Female - freshly emerged (2)

Orthetrum cancellatum (Black-tailed Skimmer) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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