Erythrodiplax

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Dragonlets
Band-winged dragonlet (Erythrodiplax umbrata) male.jpg
E. umbrata, Band-winged dragonlet, Jamaica
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Subfamily:
Genus: Erythrodiplax
Brauer, 1868
Type species

Erythrodiplax is a large Neotropical genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. These small to medium-sized skimmers are commonly known as dragonlets.[1]

Species[]

The genus contains the following species:[2]

  • (Rambur, 1842)
  • Borror, 1942
  • Sjöstedt, 1918
  • (Guillermo-Ferreira & Vilela, 2016)
  • Borror, 1942
  • Borror, 1942
  • Borror, 1942
  • (Brauer, 1865)
  • Ris, 1911
  • (Kirby, 1889)
  • Borror, 1942
  • (Kirby, 1897)
  • Erythrodiplax basifusca (Calvert, 1895) - Plateau Dragonlet[3]
  • Erythrodiplax berenice (Drury, 1773) - Seaside Dragonlet[3]
  • Sjöstedt, 1929
  • Erythrodiplax bromeliicola Westfall in Needham, Westfall & May, 2000 - Bromeliad Dragonlet[4]
  • (Burmeister, 1839)
  • Borror, 1942
  • Borror, 1942
  • Ris, 1911
  • Borror, 1942
  • (Burmeister, 1839)
  • (Brauer, 1865)
  • (Navás, 1916)
  • (Erichson, 1848)
  • Erythrodiplax fervida (Erichson, 1848)
  • Borror, 1957
  • Erythrodiplax funerea (Hagen, 1861) - Black-winged Dragonlet[3]
  • Erythrodiplax fusca (Rambur, 1842) - Red-faced Dragonlet[3]
  • Santos, 1946
  • Förster, 1907
  • Ris, 1911
  • Ris, 1911
  • (Selys in Sagra, 1857)
  • Borror, 1942
  • Ris, 1911
  • Borror, 1942
  • Borror, 1942
  • Machado, 1996
  • (Ris, 1919)
  • Santos, 1956
  • Ris, 1911
  • (Hagen, 1861)
  • Borror, 1942
  • Borror, 1942
  • Borror, 1942
  • Erythrodiplax minuscula (Rambur, 1842) - Little Blue Dragonlet[3]
  • (Rambur, 1842)
  • Borror, 1942
  • (Burmeister, 1839)
  • (Needham, 1904)
  • (Förster, 1904)
  • Borror, 1942
  • Ris, 1911
  • Borror, 1942
  • Borror, 1957
  • Erythrodiplax umbrata (Linnaeus, 1758) - Band-winged Dragonlet[3]
  • Erythrodiplax unimaculata (de Geer, 1773)
  • (Kirby, 1897)

Gallery[]

  • E. minuscula, male little blue dragonlet, Florida, United States

  • E. umbrata, immature male band-winged dragonlet, Jamaica

  • E. umbrata, female band-winged dragonlet, Jamaica

  • E. basalis, female dragonlet, Jamaica

  • E. fusca, male red-faced dragonlet, Tobago

  • E. famula, female reddish dragonlet, Tobago

  • E. umbrata, male band-winged dragonlet, Cuba

  • E. fervida, female red-mantled dragonlet, Grand Cayman

References[]

  1. ^ Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-12281-6.
  2. ^ Dennis Paulson; Martin Schorr; Cyrille Deliry. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  4. ^ Paulson, D. R. (2009). "Erythrodiplax bromeliicola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T59717A11995316. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T59717A11995316.en.


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