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Sympetrum striolatum (Common Darter)

Synonyms: Libellula striolata (homotypic); Sympetrum neglectum; Sympetrum nigrescens; Sympetrum ruficollis

Wikipedia Abstract

The common darter (Sympetrum striolatum) is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae native to Eurasia. It is one of the most common dragonflies in Europe, occurring in a wide variety of water bodies, though with a preference for breeding in still water such as ponds and lakes. In the south of its range adults are on the wing all year round.
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Infraspecies

Sympetrum striolatum imitoides
Sympetrum striolatum kurile
Sympetrum striolatum pallidum
Sympetrum striolatum striolatum

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Central & Western Europe Austria, Belgium, Byelarus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom Palearctic Temperate Floodplain River and Wetlands    

Protected Areas

Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Dolichopus ungulatus[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Merops apiaster (European Bee-eater)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Pleurogenoides medians[3]
Prosotocus confusus[3]
Skrjabinoeces similis[3]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Ecology of Commanster
♦ 2Krebs, J. R., & Avery, M. I. (1985). Central place foraging in the European bee-eater, Merops apiaster. The Journal of Animal Ecology, 459-472.
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0