Erythrodiplax

Dragonlets
E. umbrata, Band-winged dragonlet, Jamaica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Subfamily:	Sympetrinae
Genus:	Erythrodiplax Brauer, 1868
Type species
Erythrodiplax diversa

Erythrodiplax is a large Neotropical genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. These small to medium-sized skimmers are commonly known as dragonlets. ^[1]

Species

The genus contains the following species: ^[2]

• Erythrodiplax abjecta (Rambur, 1842)
• Erythrodiplax acantha Borror, 1942
• Erythrodiplax amazonica Sjöstedt, 1918
• Erythrodiplax ana (Guillermo-Ferreira & Vilela, 2016)
• Erythrodiplax anatoidea Borror, 1942
• Erythrodiplax andagoya Borror, 1942
• Erythrodiplax angustipennis Borror, 1942
• Erythrodiplax anomala (Brauer, 1865)
• Erythrodiplax atroterminata Ris, 1911
• Erythrodiplax attenuata (Kirby, 1889)
• Erythrodiplax avittata Borror, 1942
• Erythrodiplax basalis (Kirby, 1897)
• Erythrodiplax basifusca (Calvert, 1895) - Plateau Dragonlet ^[3]
• Erythrodiplax berenice (Drury, 1773) - Seaside Dragonlet ^[3]
• Erythrodiplax branconensis Sjöstedt, 1929
• Erythrodiplax bromeliicola Westfall in Needham, Westfall & May, 2000 - Bromeliad Dragonlet ^[4]
• Erythrodiplax castanea (Burmeister, 1839)
• Erythrodiplax cauca Borror, 1942
• Erythrodiplax chromoptera Borror, 1942
• Erythrodiplax cleopatra Ris, 1911
• Erythrodiplax clitella Borror, 1942
• Erythrodiplax connata (Burmeister, 1839)
• Erythrodiplax corallina (Brauer, 1865)
• Erythrodiplax diversa (Navás, 1916)
• Erythrodiplax famula (Erichson, 1848)
• Erythrodiplax fervida (Erichson, 1848)
• Erythrodiplax fulva Borror, 1957
• Erythrodiplax funerea (Hagen, 1861) - Black-winged Dragonlet ^[3]
• Erythrodiplax fusca (Rambur, 1842) - Red-faced Dragonlet ^[3]
• Erythrodiplax gomesi Santos, 1946
• Erythrodiplax hyalina Förster, 1907
• Erythrodiplax ines Ris, 1911
• Erythrodiplax juliana Ris, 1911
• Erythrodiplax justiniana (Selys in Sagra, 1857)
• Erythrodiplax kimminsi Borror, 1942
• Erythrodiplax latimaculata Ris, 1911
• Erythrodiplax lativittata Borror, 1942
• Erythrodiplax laurentia Borror, 1942
• Erythrodiplax leticia Machado, 1996
• Erythrodiplax longitudinalis (Ris, 1919)
• Erythrodiplax luteofrons Santos, 1956
• Erythrodiplax lygaea Ris, 1911
• Erythrodiplax maculosa (Hagen, 1861)
• Erythrodiplax media Borror, 1942
• Erythrodiplax melanica Borror, 1942
• Erythrodiplax melanorubra Borror, 1942
• Erythrodiplax minuscula (Rambur, 1842) - Little Blue Dragonlet ^[3]
• Erythrodiplax nigricans (Rambur, 1842)
• Erythrodiplax nivea Borror, 1942
• Erythrodiplax ochracea (Burmeister, 1839)
• Erythrodiplax pallida (Needham, 1904)
• Erythrodiplax paraguayensis (Förster, 1904)
• Erythrodiplax parvimaculata Borror, 1942
• Erythrodiplax solimaea Ris, 1911
• Erythrodiplax tenuis Borror, 1942
• Erythrodiplax transversa Borror, 1957
• Erythrodiplax umbrata (Linnaeus, 1758) - Band-winged Dragonlet ^[3]
• Erythrodiplax unimaculata (de Geer, 1773)
• Erythrodiplax venusta (Kirby, 1897)

Gallery

• 
  E. abjecta, female, Colombia
• 
  E. minuscula, male little blue dragonlet, Florida, United States
• 
  E. umbrata, immature male band-winged dragonlet, Jamaica
• 
  E. umbrata, female band-winged dragonlet, Jamaica
• 
  E. basalis, female dragonlet, Jamaica
• 
  E. fusca, male red-faced dragonlet, Tobago
• 
  E. famula, female reddish dragonlet, Tobago
• 
  E. umbrata, male band-winged dragonlet, Cuba
• 
  E. fervida, female red-mantled dragonlet, Grand Cayman

References

1. Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN   978-0-691-12281-6.
2. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
3. "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
4. Paulson, D. R. (2009). "Erythrodiplax bromeliicola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009 e.T59717A11995316. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T59717A11995316.en .