Libellula

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Libellula

Genus of dragonflies

For the British aircraft, see Miles Libellula. For the Italian helicopter, see Manzolini Libellula.

Libellula is a genus of dragonflies, called chasers (in English) or skimmers (in American), in the family Libellulidae. They are distributed throughout the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere. Many have showy wing patterns.[1]

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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.[2][3]

Species

List of species.[4]

Extant species

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Ladona

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Plathemis

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Fossils

  • Libellula brodieri† [5]
  • Libellula calypso† [5]
  • Libellula doris †[5]
  • Libellula eusebioi† [5]
  • Libellula kieseli† [5]
  • Libellula martini† [5]
  • Libellula melobasis†
  • Libellula pannewitziana† [5]
  • Libellula perse† [5]
  • Libellula sieboldiana† [5]
  • Libellula thetis† [5]
  • Libellula thoe† [5]
  • Libellula ukrainensis† [5]

References

  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    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.
  3. [3]
    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.
  4. [4]
    Libellula, funet.fi
  5. [5]
    The Paleobiology Database


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