Tholymis

Tholymis
Tholymis tillarga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Subfamily:	Trameinae
Tribe:	Zyxommatini
Genus:	Tholymis Hagen, 1867 [1]

Tholymis is a genus of medium-sized dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. ^{[2] [3]} Species of Tholymis are tropical, active mostly at dawn and dusk. ^[4]

Species

The genus Tholymis includes the following species: ^[3]

Male	Female	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
		Tholymis citrina Hagen, 1867	Evening Skimmer [4]	Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.
		Tholymis tillarga (Fabricius, 1798)	Twister, [5] Coral-tailed Cloud Wing [6]	tropical West Africa to Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands.

References

1. Hagen, H. (1867). "Die Neuroptera der Insel Cuba". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung (in German). 28: 215–232 [221] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
2. "Genus Tholymis Hagen, 1867". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
3. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
4. Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN   978-0-691-12281-6.
5. Clausnitzer, V. (2016). "Tholymis tillarga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T60048A83382535. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60048A83382535.en .
6. Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India (PDF).