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Systema Naturae ' (originally in Latin written ' with the ligature æ) is one of the major works of the Swedish botanist, zoologist and physician Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) and introduced the Linnaean taxonomy. Although the system, now known as binomial nomen ...

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Carl Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...

classified the

arthropod Arthropods (, (gen. ποδός)) are invertebrate animals with an exoskeleton, a Segmentation (biology), segmented body, and paired jointed appendages. Arthropods form the phylum Arthropoda. They are distinguished by their jointed limbs and Arth ...

s, including

insect Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs ...

s, arachnids and

crustacean Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean group ...

s, among his class "Insecta". Insects with net-veined wings were brought together under the name Neuroptera.

''Libellula'' ( dragonflies &
damselflies Damselflies are flying insects of the suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata. They are similar to dragonflies, which constitute the other odonatan suborder, Anisoptera, but are smaller and have slimmer bodies. Most species fold the wings along ...
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*''Libellula quadrimaculata'' –

Four-spotted Chaser ''Libellula quadrimaculata'', known in Europe as the four-spotted chaser and in North America as the four-spotted skimmer, is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae found widely throughout Europe, Asia, and North America. The adult stage is f ...

*''Libellula flaveola'' – Yellow-winged darter *''Libellula vulgata'' –

Vagrant Darter The vagrant darter (''Sympetrum vulgatum'') is a European dragonfly. The species takes its English name from its habit of occasionally appearing as a rare vagrant north of its normal range. However, it is likely to be under-recorded because it is ...

*''Libellula rubicunda'' – '' Leucorrhinia rubicunda'' *''Libellula depressa'' – Broad-bodied Chaser *''Libellula vulgatissima'' – ''

Gomphus vulgatissimus ''Gomphus vulgatissimus'', the common clubtail, is a medium-sized (wingspan 6 –7 cm.) species of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. It is found in most of Europe, and is present now in the south of France. Its natural habitats are clean ...

'' *''Libellula cancellata'' –

Black-tailed Skimmer The black-tailed skimmer (''Orthetrum cancellatum'') is a dragonfly belonging to the family Libellulidae. Distribution This species is widespread in Europe and Asia. It is found throughout European continent including the Mediterranean islands ...

*''Libellula aenea'' –

Downy Emerald The downy emerald (''Cordulia aenea'') is a species of dragonfly. It is metallic green and bronze in color, and its thorax is coated with fine hairs, hence its name. Like most other emeralds, the downy emerald has bright shiny green eyes. Adults ...

*''Libellula grandis'' – Brown Hawker *''Libellula juncea'' –

Common Hawker The common hawker, moorland hawker or sedge darner (''Aeshna juncea'') is one of the larger species of hawker dragonflies. It is native to Palearctic (from Ireland to Japan) and northern North America. The flight period is from June to early Oc ...

*''Libellula forcipata'' – ''

Onychogomphus forcipatus ''Onychogomphus forcipatus'', the small pincertail or green-eyed hook-tailed dragonfly, is a species of dragonfly belonging to the family Gomphidae. Subspecies Subspecies include: *''Onychogomphus forcipatus'' var. ''albotibialis'' Schmidt, 19 ...

'' *''Libellula fasciata'' & ''Libellula americana'' – ''

Zenithoptera fasciata ''Zenithoptera fasciata'', also known as the rainforest bluewing is a species of dragonfly native to much of the northern half of South America, as well as southern portions of Central America. The species has in the past been known by additional ...

'' *''Libellula umbrata'' – '' Erythrodiplax umbrata'' *''Libellula dimidiata'' – '' Diastatops dimidiata'' *''Libellula chinensis'' – ''

Neurobasis chinensis ''Neurobasis chinensis'', stream glory is a species of damselfly in the family Calopterygidae. It is a common species distributed across much of Asia. Description and habitat It is a large metallic bronze-green colored damselfly. Its fore-wi ...

'' *''Libellula virgo'' –

Beautiful Demoiselle The beautiful demoiselle (''Calopteryx virgo'') is a European damselfly belonging to the family Calopterygidae. It is often found along fast-flowing waters where it is most at home. Subspecies Subspecies include: *''Calopteryx virgo britannica' ...

*''Libellula puella'' – Azure Damselfly

''Ephemera'' ( mayflies)

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Ephemera vulgata ''Ephemera vulgata'' is a species of mayfly in the genus ''Ephemera''. This mayfly breeds in stationary water in slow rivers and in ponds, the nymphs developing in the mud. Description ''Ephemera vulgata'' can be told in both adult and subimago ...

'' *''Ephemera bioculata'' – nomen rejiciendum *''Ephemera culiciformis'' – '' Baetis fuscatus'' *''Ephemera horaria'' – ''

Caenis horaria ''Caenis horaria'' is a species of mayfly in the genus ''Caenis Antonia Caenis or Cenide, (died 74 AD) a former slave and secretary of Antonia Minor (mother of the emperor Claudius), was Roman emperor Vespasian's '' contubernalis''. Life It ...

'' *''Ephemera mutica'' – '' Alainites muticus'' *''Ephemera vespertina'' – ''

Leptophlebia vespertina ''Leptophlebia vespertina'' is a species of pronggill mayfly in the family Leptophlebiidae Leptophlebiidae is a family belonging to the Ephemeropterans that are commonly known as the prong-gilled mayflies or leptophlebiids. It is the only fam ...

''Phryganea'' ( caddisflies)

*''Phryganea phalaenoides'' – ''

Semblis phalaenoides ''Semblis phalaenoides'', the spotted caddis fly, is a species of caddisfly in the Phryganeidae family. It is found in Fennoscandia, Poland, the Baltic region, Belarus and Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of tr ...

'' *''Phryganea striata'' – ''

Oligotricha striata Oligotricha striata is species of insect that was discovered by a Swedish zoologist Linnaeus it can be found mostly in northern Europe The northern region of Europe has several definitions. A restrictive definition may describe Northern E ...

'' *''Phryganea grisea'' – '' Limnephilus griseus'' *''

Phryganea grandis ''Phryganea'' is a genus of giant casemakers in the family Phryganeidae. There are about 13 described species in the genus. The type species for Phryganea is ''Phryganea grandis'' C. Linnaeus. Species References Further reading

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'' *''Phryganea rhombica'' – ''

Limnephilus rhombicus ''Limnephilus rhombicus'' is a species of northern caddisfly in the family Limnephilidae __NOTOC__ Limnephilidae is a family of caddisflies with about 100 genera. They belong to the main lineage of case-constructing caddisflies, the Integripalp ...

'' *''Phryganea bimaculata'' – '' Neureclipsis bimaculata'' *''Phryganea flavilatera'' – '' Sialis flavilatera'' *''Phryganea bicaudata'' – ''

Diura bicaudata ''Diura'' is a genus of insects belonging to the family Perlodidae. The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America. Species: * ''Diura bicaudata'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Diura chronus ''Ctenomorpha marginipennis'', the ma ...

'' *''Phryganea nigra'' – ''

Mystacides niger ''Mystacides'' is a genus of long-horned caddisflies in the family Leptoceridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Mystacides''. Species These 24 species belong to the genus ''Mystacides'': * '' Mystacides absimilis'' Yang & Morse, ...

'' *''Phryganea longicornis'' – ''

Mystacides longicornis ''Mystacides'' is a genus of long-horned caddisflies in the family Leptoceridae The family Leptoceridae are a family of caddisflies often called "long-horned caddisflies". Leptoceridae is the second largest family of caddisflies with more th ...

'' *''Phryganea filosa'' – '' Oecetis ochracea'' *''Phryganea waeneri'' – ''

Tinodes waeneri ''Tinodes'' is a genus of caddisflies belonging to the family Psychomyiidae. The genus was first described by John Curtis in 1834. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: * ''Tinodes aberrans ''Tinodes'' is a genus of caddisfl ...

'' *''Phryganea albifrons'' – ''

Athripsodes albifrons ''Athripsodes'' is a genus of insects in the family Leptoceridae. The genus was described in 1820 by Gustaf Johan Billberg. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a ta ...

'' *''Phryganea bilineata'' – '' Athripsodes bilineatus'' *''Phryganea nebulosa'' – '' Taeniopteryx nebulosa'' *''Phryganea fusca'' – '' Leuctra fusca'' *''Phryganea flava'' – '' Limnephilus centralis''

''Hemerobius'' (
lacewings The insect order Neuroptera, or net-winged insects, includes the lacewings, mantidflies, antlions, and their relatives. The order consists of some 6,000 species. Neuroptera can be grouped together with the Megaloptera and Raphidioptera in the ...
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*''Hemerobius perla'' & ''Hemerobius chrysops'' – '' Chrysopa perla'' *''Hemerobius phalaenoides'' – '' Drepanopteryx phalaenoides'' *''Hemerobius formicaleo'' & ''Hemerobius formicalynx'' – '' Myrmeleon formicarius'' *''Hemerobius testaceus'' – '' Coptotermes testaceus'' *''Hemerobius marginalis'' – ''

Rhinotermes marginalis ''Rhinotermes'' is a genus of termites typical of the family Rhinotermitidae. Records of occurrence are largely from South America, but they also heve been found in southern Europe, Africa and on Pacific islands.Hemerobius humulinus'' *''Hemerobius sexpunctatus'' – ''

Trichadenotecnum sexpunctatum ''Trichadenotecnum'' is a genus of insects in the order Psocoptera, the booklice, barklice, and bookflies. It is one of the largest genera, including over 200 described species.Yoshizawa, K., et al. (2010)Description of a new species of the ''Tri ...

'' *''Hemerobius flavicans'' – ''

Lachesilla pedicularia ''Lachesilla pedicularia'' is a brown coloured species of Psocoptera from the Lachesillidae family that can be found in Europe. Habitat The species feed on beech, birch, broom, oak, pine A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus ''P ...

'' *''Hemerobius lutarius'' – '' Sialis lutaria'' *''Hemerobius speciosus'' – '' Palpares speciosus'' *''Hemerobius albus'' – '' Chrysopidia ciliata'' *''Hemerobius cornutus'' – '' Corydalus cornutus'' *''Hemerobius pedicularius'' – ''

''Panorpa'' (
scorpionflies Mecoptera (from the Greek language, Greek: ''mecos'' = "long", ''ptera'' = "wings") is an Order (biology), order of insects in the superorder Endopterygota with about six hundred species in nine Family (biology), families worldwide. Mecopterans ...
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Panorpa communis ''Panorpa communis'', the common scorpionfly, is a species of Mecoptera, scorpionfly. Distribution This species is native to Europe (mostly) and Northern Asia. Habitat These scorpionflies can be usually found in hedgerows and patches of Urtica ...

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Panorpa germanica ''Panorpa germanica'', also known by its common name German scorpionfly, is a species from the genus ''Panorpa ''Panorpa'' is a genus of scorpion-flies that is widely dispersed, especially in the Northern hemisphere. However, they do not occur ...

'' *''Panorpa coa'' – '' Nemoptera coa''

''Raphidia'' (
snakeflies Snakeflies are a group of predatory insects comprising the order Raphidioptera with two extant families: Raphidiidae and Inocelliidae, consisting of roughly 260 species. In the past, the group had a much wider distribution than it does now; snak ...
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*'' Raphidia ophiopsis''

Footnotes

References

{{Linnaeus1758 Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, Neuroptera

''Libellula'' ( dragonflies & damselflies Damselflies are flying insects of the suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata. They are similar to dragonflies, which constitute the other odonatan suborder, Anisoptera, but are smaller and have slimmer bodies. Most species fold the wings along ...)