Skimmers
Broad-bodied chaser
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Subfamily: Libellulinae
Genus: Libellula
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Libellula depressa
Species

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Libellula is a genus of dragonflies, commonly called skimmers, in the family Libellulidae, distributed throughout the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere. Most species are found in the United States, where they are the best-known large dragonflies, often seen flying over freshwater ponds in summer.[1] Many have showy wing patterns.[2]

Overview

The taxa Ladona (corporals) and Plathemis (whitetails) have been considered as synonyms of Libellula, subgenera, or separate genera by different authorities. Recent phylogenetic analysis has supported their status as either subgenera or full genera.[3][4]

Species

List of species.[5]

Extant species

MaleFemaleScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Libellula angelina Selys, 1883North China, Japan
Libellula auripennis Burmeister, 1839golden-winged skimmerNorth and Central America
Libellula axilena Westwood, 1837bar-winged skimmerNorth America
Libellula comanche Calvert, 1907Comanche skimmerCentral America and North America
Libellula composita (Hagen, 1873)bleached skimmerNorth America.
Libellula croceipennis Selys, 1869neon skimmerNorth and Central America
Libellula cyanea Fabricius, 1775spangled skimmerUnited States of America
Libellula depressa Linnaeus, 1758broad-bodied chaserEurope, West Asia. Sometimes included in the genus Ladona.
Libellula flavida Rambur, 1842yellow-sided skimmerNorth America
Libellula foliata (Kirby, 1889)Mexico (Chiapas)
Libellula forensis Hagen, 1861eight-spotted skimmerWestern United States and Canada
Libellula fulva Müller, 1764scarce chaserEurope
Libellula gaigei Gloyd, 1938Red-mantled SkimmerMexico, United States(Texas)
Libellula herculea Karsch, 1889Hercules SkimmerArgentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, El Salvador, and Venezuela
Libellula incesta Hagen, 1861slaty skimmereastern United States and southern Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick.
Libellula jesseana Williamson, 1922purple skimmerUnited States (Florida)
Libellula luctuosa Burmeister, 1839widow skimmerUnited States, Canada (southern Ontario and Quebec).
Libellula mariae Garrison, 1992Maria's SkimmerCosta Rica
Libellula melli Schmidt, 1948China
Libellula needhami Westfall, 1943Needham's skimmerCaribbean, Central America, and North America.
Libellula nodisticta Hagen, 1861hoary skimmerCentral America, North America, and South America.
Libellula pontica Selys, 1887red chaserArmenia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Syria, Turkey
Libellula pulchella Drury, 1773twelve-spotted skimmersouthern Canada and contiguous U.S. states.
Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758four-spotted skimmer or four-spotted chaserEurope and North America
Libellula saturata Uhler, 1857flame skimmerSouthwestern United States
Libellula semifasciata Burmeister, 1839painted skimmerNew Brunswick, Canada as far south as Texas and Florida.
Libellula vibrans Fabricius, 1793great blue skimmereastern United States

Ladona

MaleFemaleScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Ladona deplanata (Rambur, 1842)blue corporaleastern United States.
Ladona exusta (Say, 1839)white corporalMid-Atlantic and New England
Ladona julia (Uhler, 1857)chalk-fronted corporalnorthern United States and southern Canada.

Plathemis

MaleFemaleScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Plathemis lydia (Drury, 1770)common whitetail or long-tailed skimmerNorth America
Plathemis subornata (Hagen, 1861)desert whitetailUnited States (Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Kansas, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Washington.), Mexico

Fossils

  • Libellula brodieri† [6]
  • Libellula calypso† [6]
  • Libellula doris †[6]
  • Libellula eusebioi† [6]
  • Libellula kieseli† [6]
  • Libellula martini† [6]
  • Libellula melobasis†
  • Libellula pannewitziana† [6]
  • Libellula perse† [6]
  • Libellula sieboldiana† [6]
  • Libellula thetis† [6]
  • Libellula thoe† [6]
  • Libellula ukrainensis† [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Libellula". Mindat.org. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy.
  2. ↑ Needham, James G.; Minter J. Westfall Jr; Michael L. May (2000). Dragonflies of North America (rev. ed.). Gainesville, FL: Scientific Publishers. pp. 700–702. ISBN 0-945417-94-2.
  3. ↑ Artiss T, Schultz TR, Polhemus DA, Simon C (2001). "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the dragonfly genera Libellula, Ladona, and Plathemis (Odonata: Libellulidae) based on mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I and 16S rRNA sequence data". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 18 (3): 348–61. doi:10.1006/mpev.2000.0867. PMID 11277629.
  4. ↑ Kambhampati, Srinivas; Charlton, Ralph E. (1999). "Phylogenetic relationship among Libellula, Ladona and Plathemis (Odonata: Libellulidae) based on DNA sequence of mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene". Systematic Entomology. 24 (1): 37–49. doi:10.1046/j.1365-3113.1999.00066.x. S2CID 83165475.
  5. ↑ Libellula, funet.fi
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 The Paleobiology Database


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