Sympetrum

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Darters or
Meadowhawks
Darter August 2007-20.jpg
Sympetrum fonscolombii
White-faced Meadowhawks in wheel position, Shirleys Bay.jpg
White-faced Meadowhawks (Sympetrum obtrusum) in "wheel position", Shirleys Bay, Ottawa
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Subfamily:
Genus: Sympetrum
Newman, 1833
Sympetrum commixtum, Nepal
Sympetrum vicinum mating

Sympetrum is a genus of small to medium-sized skimmer dragonflies, known as darters in the UK and as meadowhawks in North America. The more than 50 species predominantly live in the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere; no Sympetrum species is native to Australia.

Most North American darters fly in late summer and autumn, breeding in ponds and foraging over meadows. Commonly, they are yellow-gold as juveniles, with mature males and some females becoming bright red on part or all of their bodies. An exception to this color scheme is the black darter (Sympetrum danae).[1]

The genus includes the following species:[2]

  • Sympetrum ambiguum (Rambur, 1842) – blue-faced meadowhawk[3]
  • Needham, 1930
  • Jödicke, 1994
  • (Selys, 1884)
  • De Marmels, 1994
  • (Selys, 1884)
  • (Selys, 1883)
  • Sympetrum corruptum (Hagen, 1861) – variegated meadowhawk[3]
  • Sympetrum costiferum (Hagen, 1861) – saffron-winged meadowhawk[3]
  • (Selys, 1883)
  • Zhu, 1999
  • Sympetrum danae (Sulzer, 1776) – black darter,[4] black meadowhawk[3]
  • Selys, 1883
  • Sympetrum depressiusculum (Selys, 1841) – spotted darter[5]
  • Sympetrum dilatatum (Calvert, 1892) – St. Helena darter[6]
  • Bartenev, 1916
  • (Selys, 1883)
  • De Marmels, 1992
  • Sympetrum flaveolum (Linnaeus, 1758) – yellow-winged darter[4]
  • Sympetrum fonscolombii (Selys, 1840) – red-veined darter,[4] nomad[7]
  • Sympetrum frequens (Selys, 1883)[8]
  • (Selys, 1884)
  • Oguma, 1915
  • Fraser, 1924
  • Borisov, 1983 – dwarf darter[9]
  • Navás, 1934
  • (Selys, 1884)
  • Sympetrum illotum (Hagen, 1861) – cardinal meadowhawk[3]
  • (Selys, 1886)
  • (Selys, 1883)
  • Sympetrum internum Montgomery, 1943 – cherry-faced meadowhawk[3]
  • (Selys, 1884)
  • Oguma, 1922
  • Sympetrum madidum (Hagen, 1861) – red-veined meadowhawk[3]
  • Sympetrum meridionale (Selys, 1841) – southern darter[5]
  • Sympetrum nigrifemur (Selys, 1884) – island darter[10]
  • Calvert, 1920 – Talamanca meadowhawk[11]
  • Asahina, 1997
  • Sympetrum obtrusum (Hagen, 1861) – white-faced meadowhawk[3]
  • (Selys, 1883)
  • Sympetrum pallipes (Hagen, 1874) – striped meadowhawk[3]
  • De Marmels, 2001
  • (Bartenev, 1912)
  • Sympetrum pedemontanum (Müller, 1766) – banded darter[4]
  • Bartenev, 1914
  • De Marmels, 1988
  • Sympetrum rubicundulum (Say, 1840) – ruby meadowhawk[3]
  • Needham, 1930
  • Sympetrum sanguineum (Müller, 1764) – ruddy darter[4]
  • Sympetrum semicinctum (Say, 1840) – band-winged meadowhawk[3]
  • Sympetrum signiferum Cannings & Garrison, 1991
  • Dumont, 1977 – desert darter[5]
  • Oguma, 1915
  • Sympetrum striolatum (Charpentier, 1840) – common darter[4]
  • (Ris, 1897)
  • (Selys, 1883)
  • Bartenev, 1916
  • Sympetrum vicinum (Hagen, 1861) – yellow-legged meadowhawk,[12] autumn meadowhawk[3]
  • Ris, 1911
  • Sympetrum vulgatum (Linnaeus, 1758) – vagrant darter,[4] moustached darter[5]
  • Han & Zhu, 1997

References[]

  1. ^ Needham, James G.; Minter J. Westfall Jr; Michael L. May (2000). Dragonflies of North America (rev. ed.). Gainesville, FL: Scientific Publishers. p. 795. ISBN 0-945417-94-2.
  2. ^ Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Checklist of UK Species". British Dragonfly Society. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  5. ^ a b c d "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  6. ^ Suhling, F. & Martens, A. (2011). "Sympetrum dilatatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T21226A9259879. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T21226A9259879.en.
  7. ^ Samways, Michael J. (2008). Dragonflies and damselflies of South Africa (1st ed.). Sofia: Pensoft. ISBN 978-9546423306.
  8. ^ Autumn Darter, Kochi
  9. ^ Clausnitzer, V. (2009). "Sympetrum haritonovi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T158697A5261939. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158697A5261939.en.
  10. ^ Clausnitzer, V.; Kalkman, V.J. (2020). "Sympetrum nigrifemur". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T60292A140601430. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T60292A140601430.en.
  11. ^ Paulson, D. R. (2009). "Sympetrum nigrocreatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T164924A5939416. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T164924A5939416.en.
  12. ^ Dunkle, S. W. (2000). Dragonflies through Binoculars. OUP.


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