Neurothemis

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Neurothemis
Brown dragonfly.jpg
Fulvous Forest Skimmer
Neurothemis tullia male by kadavoor.JPG
Pied Paddy Skimmer
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Subfamily:
Genus: Neurothemis
Brauer, 1867[1]

Neurothemis is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.[2] They are found in India, Asia, Australia and the Pacific region.[3] Most Neurothemis species are red in color.

Species[]

The genus Neurothemis includes the following species:[4]

Male Female Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Neurothemis decora, teneral male (48710111168).jpg Neurothemis decora (Kaup in Brauer, 1866) New Guinea
Selys, 1879 East India and Myanmar
Kirby, 1889 Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo
(Burmeister, 1839) Peninsular Malaysia
Common parasol (Neurothemis fluctuans) male S.jpg Common parasol (Neurothemis fluctuans) female S.jpg Neurothemis fluctuans (Fabricius, 1793) Red Grasshawk, Common Parasol China, Indonesia, India, Lao, Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand.
Neurothemis fulvia male by kadavoor.JPG Neurothemis fulvia - Fulvous Forest Skimmer female at Mayyil (9).jpg Neurothemis fulvia (Drury, 1773) fulvous forest skimmer[5] India to China and south to Sumatra
Neurothemis intermedia,Paddy Field Parasol.jpg Neurothemis intermedia 11-08-2018 (28).jpg Neurothemis intermedia (Rambur, 1842) paddyfield parasol Java, Kangean Islands and Sumba, East India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam, India and Sri Lanka
Lieftinck, 1942 New Guinea
(Boisduval, 1835) Indonesia, New Guinea
Ris, 1911 Sulawesi, Celebes
Neurothemis oligoneura 3221.jpg Neurothemis oligoneura Brauer, 1867 spotted grasshawk[6] Australia and New Guinea
Lieftinck, 1942 New Guinea
Adult-Female-Neurothemis-ramburii-ramburii.jpg (Kaup in Brauer, 1866) Peninsular Malaysia, Taiwan, the Andaman Islands, Sumatra, Java, Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah, Brunei and Kalimantan), the lesser Sunda islands, the Philippines, the Bismarck islands and New Guinea.
Neurothemis stigmatizans - Painted Grasshawk (2).jpg Painted grasshawk (female) 7868.jpg Neurothemis stigmatizans (Fabricius, 1775) painted grasshawk[6] Australia ( southern Queensland border to Broome, Western Australia. )
Neurothemis taiwanensis (43711329421).jpg Neurothemis taiwanensis Seehausen & Dow, 2016 Taiwan
Neurothemis terminata.jpg Neurothemis terminata (female) - kampus Unsrat Manado Cropped.JPG Neurothemis terminata Ris, 1911 Peninsular Malaysia and Japan to the Lesser Sundas in Indonesia
Neurothemis tullia-male 00532.jpg Pied paddy skimmer (Neurothemis tullia) female 2.jpg Neurothemis tullia (Drury, 1773) pied paddy skimmer[5] Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia), Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam

References[]

  1. ^ Brauer, F. (1867). "Beschreibung neuer exotischer Libellen aus den Gattungen Neurothemis, Libellula, Diplax, Celithemis und Tramea". Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (in German). 17: 3–26 [6] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ^ "Genus Neurothemis Brauer, 1867". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  3. ^ Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. p. 278. ISBN 0643051368.
  4. ^ Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India (PDF).
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "Checklist Australian Dragonflies and Damselflies". DragonflyPix.com. Retrieved 17 December 2010.

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