Tauriphila
| Tauriphila | |
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| Male garnet glider Tauriphila australis, Panama | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
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| 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.
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- Libellulidae
- Anisoptera genera
- Taxa named by William Forsell Kirby
- Dragonfly stubs