Pantala

Pantala
Pantala hymenaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Subfamily:	Trameinae
Tribe:	Trameini
Genus:	Pantala Hagen, 1861 [1]

Not to be confused with Wings of Fire (novel series), wherein Pantala is a continent in the series

Pantala is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae ^[2] commonly called the rainpool gliders. They are found almost worldwide. ^[3] Species of Pantala are medium-sized to large, dull orange-yellow dragonflies. ^[4]

Species

The genus Pantala includes the following species: ^[5]

Male	Female	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
		Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798)	Wandering Glider [6]	Cosmopolitan
		Pantala hymenaea (Say, 1840)	Spot-winged Glider [6]	North, Central and South America

References

1. Hagen, H.A. (1861). Synopsis of the Neuroptera of North America with a List of the South American Species. Washington: Smithsonian Institution. pp. 347 [141]. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.1715 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
2. "Genus Pantala Hagen, 1861". 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. Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 294. ISBN   978-0-64309-073-6.
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. "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.

External links

• Media related to Pantala at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Pantala at Wikispecies