Leucorrhinia
| Whitefaces | |
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| Leucorrhinia rubicunda (Ruby whiteface) male | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Subfamily: | |
| Genus: | Leucorrhinia Brittinger, 1850[1] |
Leucorrhinia is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. They are commonly called whitefaces because of their distinctive pale frons.
Species[]
- Leucorrhinia albifrons (Burmeister, 1839) – dark whiteface[4]
- Leucorrhinia borealis Hagen, 1890 – boreal whiteface[5]
- Leucorrhinia caudalis (Charpentier, 1840) – lilypad whiteface[4]
- Bartenev, 1929
- Leucorrhinia dubia (Van der Linden, 1825) – white-faced darter,[6] small whiteface[4]
- Leucorrhinia frigida Hagen, 1890 – frosted whiteface[5]
- Leucorrhinia glacialis Hagen, 1890 – crimson-ringed whiteface[5]
- Leucorrhinia hudsonica (Selys, 1850) – Hudsonian whiteface[5]
- Leucorrhinia intacta (Hagen, 1861) – dot-tailed whiteface[5]
- Bartenev, 1912
- Selys, 1887
- Leucorrhinia patricia Walker, 1940 – Canada whiteface[5]
- Leucorrhinia pectoralis (Charpentier, 1825) – large white-faced darter, yellow-spotted whiteface[4]
- Leucorrhinia proxima Calvert, 1890 – red-waisted whiteface,[7] belted whiteface[5]
- Leucorrhinia rubicunda (Linnaeus, 1758) – ruby whiteface[4]
- Bartenev, 1914
References[]
- ^ Leucorrhinia, funet.fi
- ^ Leucorrhinia Archived 2012-06-14 at the Wayback Machine, Zipcodezoo
- ^ Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- ^ a b c d e "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ "Checklist of UK Species". British Dragonfly Society. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ Dunkle, S. W. (2000). Dragonflies through Binoculars. OUP.
External links[]
Media related to Leucorrhinia at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Leucorrhinia at Wikispecies- Whitefaces, PBase
- Whitefaces, BugGuide
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Categories:
- Libellulidae
- Anisoptera genera
- Taxa named by Christian Casimir Brittinger
- Dragonfly stubs