Plathemis

Plathemis
Immature male common whitetail (Plathemis lydia)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Genus:	Plathemis Hagen, 1861

Plathemis is a small genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. It has been considered a synonym of Libellula , subgenus, or separate genus by different authorities. Recent phylogenetic analysis has supported its status as either a subgenus or a full genus. ^{[1] [2]}

Species

It contains two species:

Male	Female	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
		Plathemis lydia (Drury, 1770)	common whitetail or long-tailed skimmer	North America
		Plathemis subornata (Hagen, 1861)	desert whitetail	United States (Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Kansas, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Washington.), Mexico

References

1. Artiss T, Schultz TR, Polhemus DA, Simon C (2001). "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the dragonfly genera Libellula, Ladona, and Plathemis (Odonata: Libellulidae) based on mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I and 16S rRNA sequence data". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 18 (3): 348–61. Bibcode:2001MolPE..18..348A. doi:10.1006/mpev.2000.0867. PMID   11277629.
2. Kambhampati, Srinivas; Charlton, Ralph E. (1999). "Phylogenetic relationship among Libellula, Ladona and Plathemis (Odonata: Libellulidae) based on DNA sequence of mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene". Systematic Entomology . 24 (1): 37–49. Bibcode:1999SysEn..24...37K. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3113.1999.00066.x . S2CID   83165475.

External links

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