Urothemis

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Urothemis
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Urothemis signata male
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Urothemis
Brauer, 1868 [1]
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Urothemis signata , female

Urothemis is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. [2] Species of Urothemis can be medium-sized dragonflies which occur from Africa, across Asia to Indonesia and Australia. [3]

Species

The genus Urothemis includes the following species: [4]

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References

  1. Brauer, F. (1868). "Neue und wenig bekannte vom Herrn Doct. Semper gesammelte Odonaten". Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (in German). 18: 167–188 [175] via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. "Genus Urothemis Brauer, 1868". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN   0-643-09073-8.
  4. Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound . Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
  5. Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F. & Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2009). "Urothemis assignata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2011.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  6. Suhling, F. & Clausnitzer, V. (2008). "Urothemis edwardsii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2011.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  7. Suhling, F. & Samways, M.J. (2010). "Urothemis luciana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T22816A9389698. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T22816A9389698.en . Retrieved 24 December 2017.