Lyriothemis

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Lyriothemis
Pangkin - dragonfly (by).jpg
Forest Chaser
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Subfamily: Libellulinae
Genus: Lyriothemis
Brauer, 1868

Lyriothemis is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae and belong to the suborder Anisoptera, found in eastern Asia. Some members of this genus lay their eggs in water-filled crevices and holes in trees and fallen logs. [1]

Species

The genus contains the following species: [2]

MaleFemaleScientific nameDistribution
Lyriothemis acigastra male in Kadavoor.jpg Lyriothemis acigastra female from Kadavoor.jpg Lyriothemis acigastra (Selys, 1878)Burma, China and Tibet
Lyriothemis biappendiculata (Selys, 1878)Peninsular Malaysia
Lyriothemis bivittata (Rambur, 1842)India, Bhutan, Bangladesh
Lyriothemis cleis 179005708.jpg Lyriothemis cleis Brauer, 1868Bangladesh; Brunei; India; Indonesia; Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak); Myanmar; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand
Lyriothemis defonsekai.jpg Lyriothemis defonsekai van der Poorten, 2009Sri Lanka
Pangkin - dragonfly (by).jpg Lyriothemis elegantissima Selys, 1883 - Forest Chaser [3] Thailand, China
Lyriothemis eurydice Ris, 1909Celebes
Lyriothemis hirundo Ris, 1913New Guinea
Lyriothemis latro Needham & Gyger, 1937Philippines
Lyriothemis magnificata (Selys, 1878)Thailand, Borneo
Lyriothemis meyeri (Selys, 1878)New Guinea
Lyriothemis mortoni Ris, 1919India, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam
Lyriothemis pachygastra male3.JPG Lyriothemis pachygastra(Female,Japan,2018.04.18).jpg Lyriothemis pachygastra (Selys, 1878)China, Japan
Lyriothemis salva Ris, 1927Indonesia.
Lyriothemis abrahami male.jpg Lyriothemis tricolor Ris, 1919.jpg Lyriothemis tricolor Selys, 1919Bangladesh, China, India, Japan, Myanmar, and Taiwan.

References

  1. Silsby, Jill (2001). Dragonflies of the World. Csiro Publishing. p. 15. ISBN   978-0-643-10249-1.
  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. "Lyriothemis elegantissima". Hong Kong Biodiversity Online. Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department of HKSAR Government. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2010.