Neurothemis

Neurothemis
Fulvous Forest Skimmer
Pied Paddy Skimmer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Subfamily:	Sympetrinae
Genus:	Neurothemis Brauer, 1867 [1]

Neurothemis is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. ^[2] They are found in India, Asia, Australia and the Pacific region. ^[3] Most Neurothemis species are red in color.

Species

The genus Neurothemis includes the following species: ^[4]

Male	Female	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
		Neurothemis decora (Kaup in Brauer, 1866)		Indonesia (Papua) and Papua New Guinea
		Neurothemis degener Selys, 1879		East India and Myanmar
		Neurothemis disparilis Kirby, 1889		Malay Peninsula and Borneo
		Neurothemis feralis (Burmeister, 1839)		Indonesia (Sumatra and Java)
		Neurothemis fluctuans (Fabricius, 1793)	Red Grasshawk, Common Parasol	Cambodia, India (Eastern India; Andaman and Nicobar), Indonesia (Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java), Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines (Palawan), Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam
		Neurothemis fulvia (Drury, 1773)	fulvous forest skimmer [5]	Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia (Sumatra), Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
		Neurothemis intermedia (Rambur, 1842)	paddyfield parasol	Cambodia, India, Indonesia (Java, Kangean Islands and Sumba), Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam
		Neurothemis luctuosa Lieftinck, 1942		Indonesia (Papua)
		Neurothemis manadensis (Boisduval, 1835)		Indonesia (Sulawesi, and Maluku)
		Neurothemis nesaea Ris, 1911		Sulawesi, Celebes
		Neurothemis oligoneura Brauer, 1867	spotted grasshawk [6]	Australia and New Guinea
		Neurothemis papuensis Lieftinck, 1942		New Guinea
		Neurothemis ramburii (Kaup in Brauer, 1866)		Peninsular Malaysia, Taiwan, the Andaman Islands, Sumatra, Java, Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah, Brunei and Kalimantan), the lesser Sunda islands, and The Philippines.
		Neurothemis stigmatizans (Fabricius, 1775)	painted grasshawk [6]	Australia ( southern Queensland border to Broome, Western Australia. ) and New Guinea to the Solomon Islands
		Neurothemis taiwanensis Seehausen & Dow, 2016		Taiwan
		Neurothemis terminata Ris, 1911		Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda, and Borneo), The Philippines, and Palau.
		Neurothemis tullia (Drury, 1773)	pied paddy skimmer [5]	Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia), Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam

References

1. Brauer, F. (1867). "Beschreibung neuer exotischer Libellen aus den Gattungen Neurothemis, Libellula, Diplax, Celithemis und Tramea". Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (in German). 17: 3–26 [6] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
2. "Genus Neurothemis Brauer, 1867". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
3. Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. p. 278. ISBN   0643051368.
4. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
5. Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India (PDF).
6. "Checklist Australian Dragonflies and Damselflies". DragonflyPix.com. Retrieved 17 December 2010.

External links

• Media related to Neurothemis at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Neurothemis at Wikispecies
• IDF: Morphological studies and taxonomic considerations on the ‘reddish-brown-winged’ group of Neurothemis