Tauriphila

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Tauriphila
Garnet glider (Tauriphila australis) male.jpg
Male garnet glider
Tauriphila australis, Panama
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Subfamily: Trameinae
Tribe: Trameini
Genus: Tauriphila
W. F. Kirby, 1889

Tauriphila is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. They are commonly known as Pasture Gliders. [1] The species are neotropical with two, the Garnet and Aztec Gliders reaching the southern USA. [1]

Species

The genus contains the following species: [2]

MaleFemaleScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Tauriphila argo johnyochum 4386054.jpg Tauriphila argo (Hagen, 1869)Arch-tipped Glider [3] South America
Garnet glider (Tauriphila australis) male.jpg Tauriphila australis (Hagen, 1867)Garnet Glider [3] [1] South Florida, Central and South America
Tauriphila argo johnyochum 4386054.jpg Tauriphila argo (Hagen, 1869)Arch-tipped glider [3] [1] South America
Tauriphila azteca 49590813.jpg Tauriphila azteca Calvert, 1906Aztec Glider [3] [1] Central America and North America
Tauriphila risi Martin, 1896South America
Tauriphila xiphea Ris, 1913South America

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Dunkle, Sidney W. (1989). Dragonflies of the Florida peninsula, Bermuda, and the Bahamas. Gainesville, FL: Scientific Publishers. p. 120. ISBN   0-945417-23-3.
  2. ↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.


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