This is based on the table provided in Longfield (1937). The accented syllable of each word is italicised.
| aenea | ee-nee-ah |
| Aeshna | ee-shnah |
| Aeshnidae | eesh-nee-dee |
| Agriidae | Ag-ree-ee-dee |
| arctica | ark-tee-cah |
| Brachytron | bra-kye-tron |
| boltonii | bowl-tone-ee-eye |
| Calopteryx | cal-op-ter-ricks |
| cancellatum | can-sell-a-tum |
| Coenagriidae | see-nay-gree-ee-dee |
| Coenagrion | see-nay-gree-on |
| coerulescens | serroo-lessenns |
| Cordulegaster | core-dew-lee-gas-tur |
| Cordulegasteridae | core-dew-lee-gas-terry-dee |
| Cordulia | core-dew-lee-ah |
| Corduliidae | core-dew-lee-ee-dee |
| cyanea | sigh-a-nee-ah |
| cyathigerum | sigh-a-thidge-ur-um |
| danae | dan-ee |
| depressa | de-press-ah |
| dryas | dry-ass |
| elegans | elly-ganns |
| Enallagma | enn-al-lag-mah |
| ephippiger | eff-ip-iger |
| flaveolum | flay-vee-o-lum |
| fonscolombii | fonns-col-omb-ee-eye |
| fulva | ful-vah |
| grandis | gran-diss |
| Gomphidae | gomm-fee-dee |
| Gomphus | gomm-fuss |
| Hemianax | hem-ee-a-nax |
| Ischnura | ish-nure-rah |
| juncea | junn-see-ah |
| Lestes | less-tees |
| Lestidae | less-tee-dee |
| Libellula | lib-ell-u-lah |
| Libellulidae | lib-ell-u-lee-dee |
| lunulatum | loon-u-la-tum |
| nymphula | nim-few-lah |
| Odonata | O-doe-nay-tah |
| Orthetrum | or-theet-rum |
| pratense | pra-tense-ee |
| puella | poo-ell-ah |
| pulchellum | pull-kell-um |
| pumilio | poo-mill-ee-o |
| Pyrrhosoma | pirro-so-mah |
| quadrimaculata | quad-ree-mack-u-lay-tah |
| sanguineum | san-guin-ee-um |
| Somatochlora | so-matto-clor-ah |
| splendens | splen-dens |
| sponsa | sponn-sah |
| striolatum | stree-o-lay-tum |
| Sympetrum | sip-pete-rum |
| virgo | veer-go |
| vulgatissimus | vull-gar-tissy-muss |
| Nelson, B., Thompson, R. & Morrow, C., 2000 (September 14). [In] DragonflyIreland http://www.ulstermuseum.org.uk/dragonflyireland/ |
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