Celithemis

Celithemis
Halloween pennant (C. eponina)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Subfamily: Leucorrhiniinae
Genus:
Hagen, 1861

Celithemis is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. They are known commonly as pennants. There are eight species in this monophyletic genus. They are mainly distributed in eastern North America.[1]

Species

Species include:[2]

Male Female Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Celithemis amanda (Hagen, 1861) Amanda's pennant southeastern United States
Celithemis bertha Williamson, 1922 red-veined pennant North America.
Celithemis elisa (Hagen, 1861) calico pennant eastern Canada and eastern United States.
Celithemis eponina (Drury, 1773) Halloween pennant eastern North America, including Ontario in Canada and the United States as far west as Colorado.
Celithemis fasciata Kirby, 1889 banded pennant United States
Celithemis martha Williamson, 1922 Martha's pennant North America
Celithemis ornata (Rambur, 1842) ornate pennant Central America, North America, and South America
Celithemis verna Pritchard, 1935 double-ringed pennant North America.


Notes

  1. ^ Baskinger, G. M., J. L. Ware, D. D. Kornell, M. L. May, and K. M. Kjer. (2008). A phylogeny of Celithemis inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data and morphology (Anisoptera: Libellulidae). Odonatologica 37(2) 101-109.
  2. ^ Celithemis. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

References

  • Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
  • "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  • Dunkle, Sidney W. (2000). Dragonflies through Binoculars. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-511268-7.


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