Eusynthemis

Eusynthemis
Eusynthemis nigra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Synthemistidae
Genus:	Eusynthemis Förster, 1903 [1]

Eusynthemis is a genus of dragonflies in the family Synthemistidae. ^[2] They are commonly known as tigertails. Species of this genus are found mostly in Australia ^[3] with one species, Eusynthemis frontalis, found in the Solomon Islands. ^[4]

Species

The genus Eusynthemis includes these species: ^[5]

• Eusynthemis aurolineata (Tillyard, 1913) - variable tigertail ^[6]
• Eusynthemis barbarae (Moulds, 1985) - Mount Lewis tigertail ^[3]
• Eusynthemis brevistyla (Selys, 1871) - small tigertail ^[3]
• Eusynthemis cooloola Theischinger, 2018 - Cooloola tigertail ^[3]
• Eusynthemis deniseae Theischinger, 1977 - Carnarvon tigertail ^[3]
• Eusynthemis frontalis Lieftinck, 1949 ^[4]
• Eusynthemis guttata (Selys, 1871) - southern tigertail ^[3]
• Eusynthemis netta Theischinger, 1999 - pretty tigertail ^[7]
• Eusynthemis nigra (Tillyard, 1906) - black tigertail ^[3]
• Eusynthemis rentziana Theischinger, 1998 - swift tigertail ^[3]
• Eusynthemis tenera Theischinger, 1995 - rainforest tigertail ^[3]
• Eusynthemis tillyardi Theischinger, 1995 - mountain tigertail ^[8]
• Eusynthemis ursa Theischinger, 1999 - Barrington tigertail ^[3]
• Eusynthemis ursula Theischinger, 1998 - beech tigertail ^[9]
• Eusynthemis virgula (Selys, 1874) - golden tigertail ^[3]

References

1. Förster, F. (1903). "Odonaten aus Neu-Guinea III". Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica). 1 (2): 509–554 [545] – via Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici.
2. "Genus Eusynthemis Förster, 1903". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
3. Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John; Orr, Albert (2021). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia (2nd ed.). Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. ISBN   978 1 48631 374 7.
4. Lieftinck, M.A. (1949). "Synopsis of the Odonate fauna of the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands". Treubia. 20 (2): 319–374 [359].
5. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
6. Hawking, J. (2009). "Eusynthemis aurolineata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009 e.T163579A5618499. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163579A5618499.en .
7. Hawking, J. (2009). "Eusynthemis netta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009 e.T163560A5616186. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163560A5616186.en .
8. Hawking, J. (2009). "Eusynthemis tillyardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009 e.T163531A5612316. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163531A5612316.en .
9. Hawking, J. (2009). "Eusynthemis ursula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009 e.T163569A5617241. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163569A5617241.en .