Paltothemis

Paltothemis
Paltothemis lineatipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Subfamily:	Trithemistinae
Genus:	Paltothemis Karsch, 1890

Paltothemis is a genus of skimmers in the family Libellulidae.

Species

There are at least three species recognised in the genus Paltothemis: ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Male	Female	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
		Paltothemis cyanosoma Garrison, 1982	blue rock skimmer	Mexico, where it is found in Guerrero, Jalisco, and Michoacán
		Paltothemis lineatipes Karsch, 1890	red rock skimmer	southwestern United States, parts of Mexico and southward to Costa Rica
		Paltothemis nicolae Hellebuyck, 2002		El Salvador

References

1. "Paltothemis Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
2. "Paltothemis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
3. "Odonata Central". Odonata Central, University of Alabama. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
4. Ball-Damerow JE, Oboyski PT, Resh VH (2015). "California dragonfly and damselfly (Odonata) database: temporal and spatial distribution of species records collected over the past century". ZooKeys 482: 67-89.

Further reading

• Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0-8493-0212-1.

External links

• NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Paltothemis