Orthemis
Tropical King Skimmers | |
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O. ferruginea | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Libellulidae |
Subfamily: | |
Genus: | Orthemis Hagen, 1861 |
Type species | |
Orthemis ferruginea |
Orthemis is a genus of large Neotropical dragonflies, commonly called Tropical King Skimmers. The males are generally red and the females brown.[1]
Species[]
The genus contains the following species:[2]
Male | Female | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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von Ellenrieder, 2012 | Surinam | |||
Calvert, 1909 | Central america, northern south america | |||
Calvert, 1909 | Nova Teutonia, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, | |||
Calvert, 1909 | Colombia, Venezuela and the Guyanas south to N Bolivia and Brazil | |||
De Marmels, 1989 | Venezuela and Trinidad south through Surinam and N Peru | |||
(Erichson, 1848) | Colombia, Venezuela, and Guyana south to Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil | |||
Calvert, 1906 | Yellow-lined Skimmer[3] | Colombia, Brazil, Peru | ||
von Ellenrieder, 2012 | Pará State, Brazil | |||
von Ellenrieder, 2009 | Ecuador to N Peru | |||
Ris, 1919 | Concolored Skimmer[4] | Venezuela and Trinidad through the Guyanas to N Brazil | ||
von Ellenrieder, 2009 | Colombia, Surinam, and N Brazil to Ecuador and N Peru | |||
Calvert, 1899 | Costa Rica in Central America south to Paraguay and N Argentina in South America | |||
Orthemis discolor (Burmeister, 1839) | Carmine Skimmer[5] | W Brazil and N Peru | ||
von Ellenrieder, 2012 | Brazil, Rondônia State, Porto Velho | |||
Orthemis ferruginea (Fabricius, 1775) | Roseate Skimmer[5] | United States to Brazil. | ||
Kirby, 1889 | Bolívar State in SVenezuela and N Brazil south to central Brazil and Bolivia | |||
von Ellenrieder, 2012 | Panama | |||
von Ellenrieder, 2009 | Panguana, Río Yuyapichis, Huanuco Prov., Peru | |||
Calvert, 1906 | Mexico to N Colombia and Venezuela | |||
(Rambur, 1842)[6] | West Indies | |||
Karsch, 1891 | Brazil | |||
von Ellenrieder, 2012 | SE Peru and Ecuador | |||
von Ellenrieder, 2009 | Paraguay and N Argentina | |||
Buchholz, 1950 | ||||
Ris, 1910 | Regal Skimmer[7] | Venezuela and Surinam to Ecuador N Peru and N Brazil | ||
Buchholz, 1950 | Red-tailed Skimmer | Mexico to Brazil and Peru | ||
Hagen, 1868 | Colombia, Ecuador | |||
von Ellenrieder, 2009 | S Peru and Bolivia | |||
von Ellenrieder, 2012 | Bolivia |
References[]
- ^ Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-12281-6.
- ^ Dennis Paulson; Martin Schorr; Cyrille Deliry. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ von Ellenrieder, N. (2009). "Orthemis biolleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T158912A5291367. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158912A5291367.en.
- ^ von Ellenrieder, N. (2009). "Orthemis concolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T158840A5281226. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158840A5281226.en.
- ^ a b "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ Guzmán Ojeda, R.J.; González-Soriano, E. (2021). "Orthemis macrostigma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T166496576A166693960. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T166496576A166693960.en.
- ^ von Ellenrieder, N. (2009). "Orthemis regalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T158879A5286650. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158879A5286650.en.
Categories:
- Libellulidae
- Anisoptera genera
- Taxa named by Hermann August Hagen
- Dragonfly stubs