Chasers And King Skimmers

• Body symmetry

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry
  • Definition: overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry

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  bilaterally symmetric

  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
  • Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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• cellularity

  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992
  • Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting cells. [ PATOC:GVG ]

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  multicellular

  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993
  • Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]

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• developmental mode

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DevelopmentalMode
  • Definition: Broad recognized categories describing development, the process by which organisms grow and mature

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  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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• feeding structure

  • URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/FeedingStructure
  • Definition: The morphological structure of body parts used to ingest food.

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  biting-chewing mouthparts

  • URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/bitingChewing
  • Definition: Mouthparts adapted to cutting and grinding food particles using opposable mandibles with a mola (grinding surface).

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• first appearance

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
  • Definition: The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.

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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

  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
  • Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x

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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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• locomotion

  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0040011
  • Definition: Self-propelled movement of a cell or organism from one location to another.
  • Attribution: [database_cross_reference: GOC:dgh]

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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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• number of fossil occurrences

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/fossilOccPBDB
  • Definition: The number of fossil occurrences in the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org) that are identified as belonging to a particular taxon or any of its subtaxa.

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• number of public records in bold

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NumberPublicRecordsInBOLD
  • Definition: number of records in this clade in the Barcode Of Life Database (BOLD)

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• trophic guild

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
  • Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)

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  insectivore

  • URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q677088
  • Definition: organism that eats insects.

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• type specimen repository

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TypeSpecimenRepository
  • Definition: The institution that holds a type specimen for a given species. The recommended best practice is to use the identifier in a collections registry such as the Biodiversity Collections Index (http://www.biodiversitycollectionsindex.org/).

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• wing morphology

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/WingMorphology
  • Definition: Qualities pertaining to the size, shape or structure of the wing.

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  macropterous

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/macropterous
  • Definition: The presence of fully functional wings.

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Chasers and King Skimmers includes 28 children:

• Libellula angelina Selys 1883 (Bekko tombo)
• Libellula auripennis Burmeister 1839 (Golden-winged Skimmer)
• Libellula axilena Westwood 1837 (Bar-winged Skimmer)
• Libellula coahuiltecana Ortega-Salas & González-Soriano 2015 (Coahuila Skimmer)
• Libellula comanche Calvert 1907 (Comanche Skimmer)
• Libellula composita (Hagen ex Hayden 1873) (Bleached Skimmer)
• Libellula croceipennis Selys 1868 (Neon Skimmer)
• Libellula depressa Linnaeus 1758 (Broad-bodied chaser)
• Libellula flavida Rambur 1842 (Yellow-sided Skimmer)
• Libellula forensis Hagen 1861 (Eight-spotted Skimmer)
• Libellula herculea Karsch 1889 (Hercules Skimmer)
• Libellula jesseana Williamson 1922 (Purple Skimmer)
• Libellula luctuosa Burmeister 1839 (Widow Skimmer)
• Libellula mariae Garrison 1992 (Maria's Skimmer)
• Libellula pontica Selys 1887 (Red chaser)
• Libellula pulchella Drury 1773 (Twelve-spotted skimmer)
• Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus 1758 (Four-spotted Chaser)
• Libellula saturata Uhler 1857 (Flame Skimmer)
• Libellula semifasciata Burmeister 1839 (Painted Skimmer)
• Libellula vibrans Fabricius 1793 (Great Blue Skimmer)
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