InvertebrateIreland Online
InvertebrateIreland Online
Below is the Full Taxonomic Checklist. It has been recently updated with taxonomic changes, additions and deletions. These lists include the following taxa — Phylum, Class, Order, Superfamily, Family, Subfamily, Genus, Subgenus, Species and Subspecies. As with full species we only list those taxa present in Ireland. At each level in the taxonomic tree, the taxa are listed alphabetically. So the Subfamilies (if any are recognised) are ordered alphabetically within a Family, Genera alphabetically within Subfamily and/or Family and so on down the taxonomic tree. The only exception is the ordering of the families which follows the latest systematic opinion.
Clicking on a species name will take you to a species page, with further information.
| Phylum | Arthropoda | |||
| Class | Insecta | |||
| Order | Odonata | |||
| Suborder | Zygoptera | |||
| Family |  Calopteryx splendens (Harris, 1782) | Calopterygidae | ||
| Genus | Calopteryx | |||
| Species | Calopteryx splendens (Harris, 1782) | |||
| Species | Calopteryx virgo (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||
| Family |  Lestes sponsa (Hansemann, 1823) | Lestidae | ||
| Genus | Lestes | |||
| Species | Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890 | |||
| Species | Lestes barbarus (Fabricius, 1798) | |||
| Species | Lestes sponsa (Hansemann, 1823) | |||
| Family |  Coenagrion lunulatum (Charpentier, 1840) | Coenagrioniidae | ||
| Genus | Ceriagrion | |||
| Species | Ceriagrion tenellum (Villers, 1789) | |||
| Genus | Coenagrion | |||
| Species | Coenagrion lunulatum (Charpentier, 1840) | |||
| Species | Coenagrion puella (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||
| Species | Coenagrion pulchellum (van der Linden, 1825) | |||
| Genus | Enallagma | |||
| Species | Enallagma cyathigerum (Charpentier, 1840) | |||
| Genus | Erythromma | |||
| Species | Erythromma najas (Hansemann, 1823) | |||
| Genus | Ischnura | |||
| Species | Ischnura elegans (van der Linden, 1820) | |||
| Species | Ischnura pumilio (Charpentier, 1825) | |||
| Genus | Pyrrhosoma | |||
| Species | Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Sulzer, 1776) | |||
| Suborder | Anisoptera | |||
| Family |  Aeshna juncea (Linnaeus, 1758) | Aeshnidae | ||
| Genus | Aeshna | |||
| Species | Aeshna cyanea (Muller, 1764) | |||
| Species | Aeshna mixta Latreille, 1805 | |||
| Species | Aeshna grandis (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||
| Species | Aeshna juncea (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||
| Genus | Anax | |||
| Species | Anax imperator Leach, 1815 | |||
| Species | Anax parthenope Selys, 1839 | |||
| Genus | Brachytron | |||
| Species | Brachytron pratense (Muller, 1764) | |||
| Genus | Hemianax | |||
| Species | Hemianax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839) | |||
| Family |  Gomphus vulgatissimus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Gomphidae | ||
| Genus | Gomphus | |||
| Species | Gomphus vulgatissimus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||
| Family |  Cordulegaster boltonii (Donovan, 1807) | Cordulegastridae | ||
| Genus | Cordulegaster | |||
| Species | Cordulegaster boltonii (Donovan, 1807) | |||
| Family |  Somatochlora arctica (Zetterstedt, 1840) | Corduliidae | ||
| Genus | Cordulia | |||
| Species | Cordulia aenea (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||
| Genus | Somatochlora | |||
| Species | Somatochlora arctica (Zetterstedt, 1840) | |||
| Family |  Sympetrum danae (Sulzer, 1776) | Libellulidae | ||
| Genus | Orthetrum | |||
| Species | Orthetrum cancellatum (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||
| Species | Orthetrum coerulescens (Fabricius, 1798) | |||
| Genus | Libellula | |||
| Species | Libellula depressa Linnaeus, 1758 | |||
| Species | Libellula fulva Muller, 1764 | |||
| Species | Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758 | |||
| Genus | Sympetrum | |||
| Species | Sympetrum danae (Sulzer, 1776) | |||
| Species | Sympetrum flaveolum (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||
| Species | Sympetrum fonscolombii (Selys-Longchamps, 1840) | |||
| Species | Sympetrum nigrescens Lucas, 1912 | |||
| Species | Sympetrum sanguineum (Muller, 1764) | |||
| Species | Sympetrum striolatum (Charpentier, 1840) |