Celithemis
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]
Celithemis | |
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Halloween pennant (C. eponina) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Libellulidae |
Subfamily: | Leucorrhiniinae |
Genus: | Celithemis Hagen, 1861 |
Species
Species include:[2]
Male | Female | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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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
- 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.
- Celithemis. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
References
- Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2023). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama. Retrieved 14 Mar 2023.
- "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.
External links
- Celithemis. Discover Life.
- Media related to Celithemis at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Celithemis at Wikispecies
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