Systematic list of German dragonfly fauna

Up to present 81 dragonfly species have been recorded in Germany. The following list shows the actual valid scientific and German names. The list shows the genera and species names in alphabetical order according to their sub-families. There is no binding rule for the German common names. Wendler's proposal has been used. Scientific names are according to the "International Code of Zoological Nomenclature" (ICZN 1999). Jödicke's systematic list of German fauna based on this code (ICZN) has had some scientifically based nomenclature changes.

about the authorship of depressiusculum (FLIEDNER 1998)
about the original way of writing of isoceles (JÖDICKE 1999)
about the affinity of ephippiger to genus Anax (PETERS 2000)
about the affinity of lindenii to genus Erythromma (WEEKERS & DUMONT 2004)

Literature FLIEDNER H. (1998) Die Namengeber der europäischen Libellen. Selbstdruck Fliedner, Louis-Seegelken-Str. 106, D-28717 Bremen

ICZN (1999) International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Fourth Edition. The International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, London

JÖDICKE R. (1992) Die Libellen Deutschlands - Eine Systematische Liste mit Hinweisen auf aktuelle nomenklatorische Probleme. Libellula 11 (3/4): 89-111

JÖDICKE R. (1999) isoceles oder isosceles? Libellennachrichten 2: 15-16

KUHN J. & D. GUTSER (2003) Beobachtung einer Boyeria irene bei Mittenwald, Oberbayern (Odonata: Aeshnidae). Libellula 22 (1/2): 41-48

PETERS G. (2000) Unbekannte Bekannte: die Anax-Species in Europa (Odonata: Aeshnidae). Libellula 19 (1/2): 53-64

WEEKERS P.H.H. & H.J. DUMONT (2004) A molecular study of the relationship between the coenagrionid genera Erythromma and Cercion, with the creation of Paracercion gen. nov. for the East Asiatic “Cercion” (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae). Odonatologica 33: 181-188

WENDLER A., A. MARTENS, L. MÜLLER & F. SUHLING (1995) Die deutschen Namen der europäischen Libellenarten (Insecta: Odonata). Entomologische Zeitschrift 105(6): 97-112