Boghaunter

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Boghaunters
Williamsonia fletcheri 56575688.jpg
Williamsonia fletcheri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Corduliidae
Genus: Williamsonia
Davis, 1913

Williamsonia is a genus of small dragonflies in the family Corduliidae. They are commonly known as boghaunters. Unlike other genera of emerald dragonflies, they have dark eyes and nonmetallic bodies. [1] The genus was established by entomologist William T. Davis and named after the American banker and amateur odonatologist Edward Bruce Williamson. [2]

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Species

The genus consists of only two living species: [3]

ImageSpeciesDistribution
Williamsonia fletcheri 56575688.jpg Williamsonia fletcheri Williamson, 1923 – ebony boghaunter [1] [4] southeastern Canada and the northeastern United States.
Williamsonia lintneri 2701903.jpg Williamsonia lintneri (Hagen in Selys, 1878) – ringed boghaunter [4] United States ( Wisconsin, Michigan, New England, New York, and New Jersey)

References

  1. 1 2 Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN   0-691-12281-4.
  2. ↑ Davis, W. T. (1913). "Williamsonia, a New Genus of Dragonflies from North America". Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. 8 (6): 93.
  3. ↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
  4. 1 2 "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2010.


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