Orthetrum
Sign in to saveOrthetrum is a large genus of dragonflies in the Libellulidae family. They are commonly referred to as skimmers.
Species
skimmer dragonflies
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderOdonata
- FamilyLibellulidae
灰蜻屬（Orthetrum）是蜻蜓科下的一個屬。 種 Orthetrum luzonicum Orthetrum luzonicum 杜松蜻蜓 該屬下的種包括：[1] Orthetrum abbotti Calvert, 1892[2] Orthetrum africanum (Selys, 1887) Orthetrum albistylum Selys, 1848 [3] Orthetrum anceps (Schneider, 1845) Orthetrum angustiventre (Rambur, 1842) [4] Orthetrum austeni (Kirby, 1900) [5] Orthetrum austrosundanum Lieftinck, 1953 Orthetrum azureum (Rambur, 1842) Orthetrum balteatum Lieftinck, 1933[6] Orthetrum borneense Kimmins, 1936 Orthetrum boumiera Watson & Arthington, 1978[6] Orthetrum brachiale (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805)[7] Orthetrum brunneum (Fonscolombe, 1837)[3] Orthetrum caffrum (Burmeister, 1839)[8] Orthetrum caledonicum (Brauer, 1865)[6] Orthetrum cancellatum (Linnaeus, 1758)[3] Orthetrum capense Calvert, 1893 Orthetrum chrysis (Selys, 1891) Orthetrum chrysostigma (Burmeister, 1839)[3] Orthetrum coerulescens (Fabricius, 1798)[3] Orthetrum glaucum (Brauer, 1865)[9] Orthetrum guineense Ris, 1909[10] Orthetrum guptai Baijal, 1955 Orthetrum helena Buchholz, 1954 Orthetrum hintzi Schmidt, 1951[11] Orthetrum icteromelas Ris, 1910[12] Orthetrum japonicum (Uhler, 1858) Orthetrum julia Kirby, 1900[13] Orthetrum kollmannspergeri Buchholz, 1959 Orthetrum kristens
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 248
- With media
- 65
- Family
- Libellulidae
- Collections
- USNM, AM
- Recorded in
- Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Liberia, Tibet, India, Indonesia, South Africa
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Encyclopedic overview
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Orthetrum is a large genus of dragonflies in the Libellulidae family. They are commonly referred to as skimmers.
The size of adults within the genus ranges from small to large; in Africa, the hindwing ranges in length from 22 to 50 mm. The bodies of adult females and recently emerged males are yellow to brown with black markings; these may facilitate identification of individuals to species level. Mature males, however, develop blue-grey pruinosity over most of their bodies - this makes species identification difficult without the capture of a specimen and inspection of the shape of the hamule.
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