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Libellula Linnaeus 1758

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Dytiscus
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Micropterus salmoides (Lacepède 1802) (American Black Bass)
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Lethocerus (giant water bug)
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Belostoma (giant water bug)
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Graphoderus

are preyed upon by

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Araneus bicentenarius (Mc Cook 1888) (Giant Lichen Orbweaver)
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Belostoma (giant water bug)
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Lethocerus (giant water bug)
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Graphoderus
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Locustella naevia (Boddaert 1783) (Common grasshopper warbler)

developmental mode

Insect Development
hemimetabolous
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/hemimetabolous

Definition: Development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis, resulting in a gradual change in body form with each molt, without a pupal stage.

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eat

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Anaxyrus americanus (Holbrook 1836) (american toad)
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Anaxyrus americanus (Holbrook 1836) (american toad)
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Dineutus (whirligig beetle)
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Laccophilus
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Acilius

extinction status

Paleobiology Database
extant
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/extant

Definition: This taxon is still in existence, as opposed to extinct.

Attribution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extant_taxon

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first appearance

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28.1 million years ago

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chattian age
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Chattian

Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale

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habitat

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freshwater
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873

Definition: A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.

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temperate
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000206

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desert
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000179

Definition: A desert biome is a terrestrial biome which loses more liquid water by evapotranspiration than is supplied by precipitation and includes communities adapted to these conditions.

Comment: Preliminary definition.

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terrestrial
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000446

Definition: A biome that applies to the terrestrial realm.

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freshwater
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873

Definition: A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.

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have pathogen

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Systenostrema candida J. I. R. Larsson 1987

last appearance

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5.333 million years ago

(min)
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miocene epoch
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Miocene

Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale

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locomotion

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aerial
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000366

Definition: Behavior related to the movement of an organism from one location to another through the air.

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motility

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fast moving
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/fastMoving

Definition: Organism that is capable of fast, active locomotion.

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number of fossil occurrences

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12

number of public records in bold

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134

prey on

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Culex
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Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)
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Ilione albiseta (Scopoli 1763)
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Elateridae (click beetles)
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Athericidae (watersnipe flies)

skeleton contains

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chitin
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_17029

Definition: An aminoglycan consisting of beta-(1->4)-linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues.

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trophic guild

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insectivore
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q677088

Definition: organism that eats insects.

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visual system

Bitsch 2005
ocelli
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0001758

Definition: small simple eyes, found in many invertebrates, usually consisting of a few sensory cells and a single lens

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compound eyes
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000018

Definition: A light sensing organ composed of multiple ommatidia, visual units consisting of a limited number of rhabdomeric photoreceptor cells, cornea-secreting epithelial cells, interommatidial pigment cells, and sometimes crystalline cone cells

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wing morphology

Insect Wings
macropterous
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/macropterous

Definition: The presence of fully functional wings.

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Insect Wings
has wings
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/hasWings

Definition: Wings are present.

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