Macromia
| River cruisers | |
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| Swift River Cruiser | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Macromiidae |
| Genus: | Macromia Rambur, 1842[1] |
Macromia is a genus of large dragonflies in the family Macromiidae.[2] They are commonly known as river cruisers from their habit of cruising long distances along river banks. Most species of Macromia occur in the tropical Australasian region, with one species being found in Europe (Macromia splendens),[3] and a few species occurring in North America.[4]
Genera[]
The genus Macromia includes the following species:[5]
- Fraser, 1927
- Macromia alleghaniensis Williamson, 1909 – Allegheny river cruiser[6]
- Selys, 1871
- Lieftinck, 1952
- Macromia annulata Hagen, 1861 – bronzed river cruiser[6]
- Lieftinck, 1953
- Lieftinck, 1971
- Belyshev, 1973
- Zhu & Chen, 2005
- Lieftinck, 1941
- Ris, 1916
- Laidlaw, 1902
- Lieftinck, 1955
- van Tol, 1994
- Hämäläinen, 1985
- Lieftinck, 1952
- Asahina, 1968
- Rambur, 1842
- Macromia cingulata Rambur, 1842
- Ris, 1916
- Laidlaw, 1922
- Fraser, 1924
- Laidlaw, 1922
- Okumura, 1949
- Lieftinck, 1971
- Macromia ellisoni Fraser, 1924
- Lieftinck, 1950
- Lieftinck, 1952
- Lieftinck, 1942
- Laidlaw, 1915
- Macromia flavicincta Selys, 1874
- Macromia flavocolorata Fraser, 1922
- Fraser, 1935
- Macromia flinti Lieftinck, 1977
- Wilson, 1998
- Krüger, 1899
- Zhou, 2003
- Lieftinck, 1952
- Kalkman, 2008
- Lieftinck, 1926
- Macromia ida Fraser, 1924
- Macromia illinoiensis Walsh, 1862 – swift river cruiser[6] or Illinois River Cruiser[7]
- Macromia indica Fraser, 1924
- Macromia irata Fraser, 1924
- Lieftinck, 1950
- Lieftinck, 1955
- Wilson, 1993
- Zhou, Wang, Shuai & Liu, 1994
- Macromia kubokaiya Asahina, 1964
- Lieftinck, 1971
- Zhou, Wang, Shuai & Liu, 1994
- Macromia magnifica McLachlan in Selys, 1874 – western river cruiser[6]
- Lieftinck, 1955
- Asahina, 1964
- Macromia margarita Westfall, 1947 – mountain river cruiser[6]
- Ris, 1913
- Fraser, 1924
- Lieftinck, 1935
- Selys, 1874
- Needham & Gyger, 1937
- Macromia pacifica Hagen, 1861 – gilded river cruiser[6]
- Fraser, 1924
- Asahina, 1983
- Lieftinck, 1929
- Martin, 1906
- Martin, 1904
- Vick, 1988
- Lieftinck, 1952
- Macromia splendens Pictet, 1843 – splendid cruiser, shining macromia dragonfly[3]
- Macromia taeniolata Rambur, 1842 – royal river cruiser[6]
- Förster, 1900
- Macromia tillyardi Martin, 1906
- Wilson, 2004
- Macromia urania Ris, 1916
- Macromia viridescens Tillyard, 1911 – rainforest cruiser[8]
- Selys, 1874
- Selys, 1871
- Zhou, Luo, Hu & Wu, 1993
- Macromia zeylanica Fraser, 1927
References[]
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- ^ Rambur, Jules (1842). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Névroptères (in French). Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. 534 [137] – via Gallica.
- ^ "Genus Macromia Rambur, 1842". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Boudot, J.-P. (2010). "Macromia splendens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T12598A3364642. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-1.RLTS.T12598A3364642.en.
- ^ Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-12281-6.
- ^ Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ Dunkle, S.W., Dragonflies through Binoculars: A Field Guide to Dragonflies of North America. New York:Oxford University Press, 2000.
- ^ Hawking, J. (2007). "Macromia viridescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
Categories:
- Macromiidae
- Odonata of Australia
- Odonata of North America
- Odonata of Oceania
- Taxa named by Jules Pierre Rambur
- Anisoptera genera