Quiz 6: Odonata (Dragonflies & Damselflies)

Question 1

Calopterygidae

Answer 1

• Long first antennal segment

- *Labium with a deep cleft

Question 2

Lestidae

Answer 2

• *Long spatulate labium

- Fragile and thin

Question 3

Coenagrionidae

Answer 3

-Medial lobe on labium

Question 4

Aeshnidae

Answer 4

• Flat labium when viewed from the side

- Antennae have filiform segments of equal size

Question 5

Gomphidae

Answer 5

• Flat labium

- *Enlarged third antennal segment, having a “club-like” appearance

Question 6

Cordulegastridae

Answer 6

-Spoon-shaped labium having jagged “teeth”

Question 7

Libellulidae

Answer 7

• *Spoon-shaped labium with small, even “teeth”

- Hairy body

Question 8

Cordulidae

Answer 8

• Spoon-shaped labium with even v-shaped grooved teeth

- Abdominal segments lacking extended points