Boyeria

Boyeria
Fawn darner (Boyeria vinosa) in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Aeshnidae
Genus:	Boyeria McLachlan, 1896

Boyeria is a genus of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae, commonly called spotted darners. They occur in temperate North America and Eurasia. ^[1]

The name Boyeria commemorates the French entomologist Etienne Laurent Joseph Hippolyte Boyer de Fonscolombe ^[2]

The genus contains the following seven described species: ^[3]

• Boyeria cretensis Peters, 1991 – Cretan spectre ^[4]
• Boyeria grafiana Williamson, 1907 – ocellated darner ^[5]
• Boyeria irene (Fonscolombe, 1838) – western spectre ^[6]
• Boyeria jamjari Jung, 2011
• Boyeria karubei Yokoi, 2002
• Boyeria maclachlani Selys, 1883
• Boyeria sinensis Asahina, 1978
• Boyeria vinosa (Say, 1840) – fawn darner ^[5]

References

1. Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN   978-0-691-12281-6.
2. Berger, Cynthia (2004). Dragonflies: Wild Guide . Stackpole Books. ISBN   0-8117-2971-0.
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. Boudot, J.-P. (2010). "Boyeria cretensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T60307A12341708. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-1.RLTS.T60307A12341708.en .
5. "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
6. "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2010.