Macromia

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Macromia illinoiensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Macromiidae
Genus: Macromia
Rambur, 1842 [1]

Macromia is a genus of large dragonflies in the family Macromiidae. [2] Species of the genus Macromia are commonly known as river cruisers from their habit of cruising long distances along river banks. Most species occur in the tropical Australasian region, with one species being found in Europe ( Macromia splendens ), [3] and a few species occurring in North America. [4]

Genera

The genus Macromia includes the following species: [5]

MaleFemaleScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Macromia aculeata Fraser, 1927Myanmar
Macromia alleghaniensis Williamson, 1909Allegheny river cruiser [6] United States
Macromia amphigena Selys, 1871Korea, China
Macromia annaimallaiensis Fraser, 1931Western Ghats in South India
Macromia annulata Hagen, 1861bronzed river cruiser [6] Texas and New Mexico
Macromia arachnomima Lieftinck, 1953Peninsular Malaysia, south Borneo and Thailand
Macromia astarte Lieftinck, 1971Borneo
Macromia bartenevi Belyshev, 1973Russian, North Korea Japan
Macromia beijingensis Zhu & Chen, 2005China (Beijing, Henan)
Macromia bellicosa Fraser, 1924Western Ghats in South India.
Macromia berlandi Lieftinck, 1941Angled-winged CruiserChina
Macromia calliope Ris, 1916Malaysia
Macromia callisto Laidlaw, 1902Vietnam
Macromia celaeno Lieftinck, 1955New Guinea
Macromia celebia van Tol, 1994Borneo
Macromia chaiyaphumensis Hämäläinen, 1985Thailand
Macromia chalciope Lieftinck, 1952Indonesia
Macromia chui Asahina, 1968Taiwan
Macromia cincta Rambur, 1842Malaysia, Vietnam, Borneo
Macromia cingulata.jpg Macromia cingulata female.jpg Macromia cingulata Rambur, 1842Western Ghats in India.
Macromia clio Ris, 1916Taiwan
Macromia corycia Laidlaw, 1922Borneo
Macromia cupricincta Fraser, 1924Thailand
Macromia cydippe Laidlaw, 1922Singapore
Macromia daimoji Okumura, 1949South Korea
Macromia dione Lieftinck, 1971Mexico
Macromia-Silent Valley-2016-08-14-001.jpg Macromia ellisoni Fraser, 1924Coorg torrent hawkIndia
Macromia erato Lieftinck, 1950Java
Macromia euphrosyne Lieftinck, 1952Indonesia
Macromia eurynome Lieftinck, 1942New Guinea
Macromia euterpe Laidlaw, 1915Borneo
Macromia flavicincta by Ashish D Tiple.jpg Macromia flavicincta Selys, 1874India
Macromia flavocolorata - Male.jpg Macromia flavocolorata female.jpg Macromia flavocolorata Fraser, 1922India, Nepal, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and China.
Macromia flavovittata Fraser, 1935India
Macromia flinti Lieftinck, 1977Sri Lanka
Macromia fulgidifrons Wilson, 1998China (Guangxi)
Macromia gerstaeckeri Krüger, 1899Borneo
Macromia hamata Zhou, 2003China (Guizhou)
Macromia hermione Lieftinck, 1952Misool Island
Macromia holthuisi Kalkman, 2008Papua
Macromia icterica Lieftinck, 1926China
Macromia ida.jpg Macromia ida Fraser, 1924India.
Macromia illinoiensis.jpg Macromia illinoiensis Walsh, 1862swift river cruiser [6] or Illinois River Cruiser [7] United States
Macromia indica Fraser, 1924India
1.Macromia irata.jpg Macromia irata Fraser, 1924India
Macromia irina Lieftinck, 1950Celebes
Macromia jucunda Lieftinck, 1955Java
Macromia katae Wilson, 1993Vietnam
Macromia kiautai Zhou, Wang, Shuai & Liu, 1994China
Macromia kubokaiya Asahina, 1964Japan
Macromia lachesis Lieftinck, 1971Bismark
Macromia macula Zhou, Wang, Shuai & Liu, 1994China
Macromia magnifica kueda 19454369.jpg Macromia magnifica McLachlan in Selys, 1874western river cruiser [6] Central America and North America
Macromia malleifera Lieftinck, 1955China (Fujian, Guangdong and Zhejiang)
Macromia manchurica Asahina, 1964China
Macromia margarita.jpg Macromia margarita Westfall, 1947mountain river cruiser [6] United States
Macromia melpomene Ris, 1913New Guinea
Macromia mnemosyne Lieftinck, 1935Borneo
Macromia moorei.jpg Macromia moorei Selys, 1874Vietnam
Macromia negrito Needham & Gyger, 1937Philippines
Macromia pacifica Hagen, 1861gilded river cruiser [6] North America
Macromia pallida Fraser, 1924India
Macromia pinratani Asahina, 1983Thailand
Macromia polyhymnia Lieftinck, 1929Sumatra
Macromia pyramidalis Martin, 1906Vietnam
Macromia septima Martin, 1904China
Macromia siamensis Makbun, 2022Thailand
Macromia sombui Vick, 1988Nepal
Macromia sophrosyne Lieftinck, 1952Misool Island
Splendid Cruiser. Macromia splendens (4373495704).jpg Macromia splendens Pictet, 1843splendid cruiser, shining macromia dragonfly [3] France, Spain, Portugal
Macromia taeniolata.jpg Macromia taeniolata Rambur, 1842royal river cruiser [6] United States
Macromia terpsichore Förster, 1900New Guinea
Macromia tillyardi Martin, 1906Australia
Macromia unca Wilson, 2004Vietnam
Macromia urania Ris, 1916China, Vietnam
Macromia viridescens Tillyard, 1911rainforest cruiser [8] Australia, New Guinea
Macromia weerakooni Sumanapala, 2021Sri Lanka
Macromia westwoodii Selys, 1874Asia
Macromia whitei Selys, 1871India
Macromia yunnanensis Zhou, Luo, Hu & Wu, 1993China
Macromia zeylanica Fraser, 1927Sri Lanka

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References

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