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There are 57 recorded species of Odonata in Britain, made up of 21 damselflies (suborder Zygoptera) and 36 dragonflies (suborder Anisoptera). Of these, 42 species (17 damselflies and 25 dragonflies) are resident breeders, and the remainder are either extinct species, or vagrants. In respect of the latter, this list follows the decisions of the Odonata Records Committee. Some of these rare species have not been seen since the 19th Century; however, the British Odonata list is also currently undergoing a period of unprecedented change, as new species are being discovered for the first time, some going on to become breeding species. This list is based on the following principal references: * Merritt, R., N. W. Moore and B. C. Eversham (1996), ''Atlas of the dragonflies of Britain and Ireland'', HMSO (ISBN 0-11-701561-X) * Parr, A. J. (1996), Dragonfly movement and migration in Britain and Ireland, ''Journal of the British Dragonfly Society'' Vol. 12 No. 2 pp. 33–50 * Parr, Adrian (2000a), An Annotated List of the Odonata of Britain and Ireland, ''Atropos'' No. 11 pp. 10–20 A number of other references were used to provide information on specific topics, including rare vagrants, post-1990 additions, predictions, species claimed but not accepted / species of uncertain provenance, non-natives, taxonomic matters and species found only in the Channel Islands. Ireland's Odonata fauna is quite different from that of Britain, with many fewer breeding species, but one additional species not found in Britain, Irish Damselfly ''Coenagrion lunulatum'' – see List of Odonata species of Ireland for more information. == New species since 1990 == After a period in which the British Odonata list has been relatively static, since 1990, many new species have been found and some have gone on to become regular breeding species. In chronological order of their first record, these new species are: * Scarlet Dragonfly, first recorded at Hayle Kimbro Pool, The Lizard, Cornwall on 7 August 1995 (Jones 1996 ), with a small number of further records at scattered locations throughout Britain * Banded Darter (''Sympetrum pedemontanum''), recorded just once to date, near Tredegar, Monmouthshire on 16 August 1995, although a darter seen on 29 July 2003 at Hickling Broad, Norfolk, which had dark bands on its wings, may have been this species * Lesser Emperor, first recorded at Cinderford, in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire on 13 June 1996 (Phillips 1997a, 1997b ) and now occurring annually; breeding evidence was found at Hayle Kimbro Pool (Jones 2000 ) and also at Bake Fishing Lakes, Cornwall (Pellow 2000 ) in 1999, and the species appears to be resident at Dungeness, Kent * Green Darner, first recorded at Penlee Battery, Cornwall on 9 September 1998 – the first record for Europe (Pellow 1999a, 1999b ), with several other records in South West England that autumn, but none since to date * Small Red-eyed Damselfly, first recorded in Essex on 17 July 1999 (Dewick and Gerussi 2000 ) – now a well-established breeding species across much of southern England * Southern Emerald Damselfly, first recorded at Winterton Dunes, Norfolk on 30 July 2002 (Nobes 2003 ); in 2003 & 2004, the species was again seen here and at Sandwich Bay, Kent (Forrest 2005 ), but there have been no subsequent sightings at either location. * Common Winter Damselfly, first recorded at Tonna, Neath in South Wales in December 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Winter Damselfly ''Sympecma fusca'' )〕 Many British Odonata enthusiasts expect further species to be added to the list in the near future. The list below is up to date breeding season. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of Odonata species of Great Britain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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