Tauriphila
Tauriphila | |
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Male garnet glider Tauriphila australis, Panama | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Libellulidae |
Subfamily: | |
Tribe: | |
Genus: | Tauriphila W. F. Kirby, 1889 |
Tauriphila is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. They are commonly known as Pasture Gliders.[1] The species are neotropical with two, the Garnet and Aztec Gliders reaching the southern USA.[1]
The genus contains the following species:[2]
- Tauriphila argo (Hagen, 1869) - Arch-tipped Glider[3]
- (Hagen, 1867) - Garnet Glider[3][1]
- Tauriphila azteca Calvert, 1906 - Aztec Glider[3][1]
- Martin, 1896
- Ris, 1913
References[]
- ^ a b c d Dunkle, Sidney W. (1989). Dragonflies of the Florida peninsula, Bermuda, and the Bahamas. Gainesville, FL: Scientific Publishers. p. 120. ISBN 0-945417-23-3.
- ^ Dennis Paulson; Martin Schorr; Cyrille Deliry. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 15 Feb 2022.
- ^ a b c "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
Categories:
- Libellulidae
- Anisoptera genera
- Taxa named by William Forsell Kirby
- Dragonfly stubs