| Perithemis bella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Perithemis |
| Species: | P. bella |
| Binomial name | |
| Perithemis bella | |
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Perithemis bella is a species of dragonfly in the Libellulidae family. [3] It can be found in South America.
Perithemis bella was first described by William Forsell Kirby in 1889. [4] In a 1930 revision of the genus by Friedrich Ris, P. austeni was synonymized to the species. [5]
Both males and females have a brown body and a thorax with a central reddish stripe. [5] [4]
Males have a 14 mm (0.55 in) long abdomen, a 17 by 7 mm (0.67 by 0.28 in) hind wing, and a 1.5–2 mm (0.059–0.079 in) pterostigma. [5] The face, pleura and the sides of the base of the abdomen of males are yellowish. The abdomen is broadest of all males of the genus Perithemis , and slightly fusiform. The fore wings are transparent, and deeply yellow at the base. The hind wings are completely yellow. All wings have a rust-colored pterostigma. [4] [5]
Females have a 13 mm (0.51 in) long abdomen, a 17 by 6.5 mm (0.67 by 0.26 in) hind wing, and a 2.5 mm (0.098 in) pterostigma. [5] The face, pleura, and the base of the abdomen of females are dull white. The abdomen is very fusiform, the most of all Perithemis. The fore wings are transparent with a yellow antenodal space that has brown spots. The hind wings have spot in the center that may be yellow, yellow with a blackish center, or black with a yellow border. The wings have a dull brown pterostigma and blackish costa. [4] [5]
Perithemis bella can be found in Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Brazil. [1]
