Neodythemis
Appearance
Neodythemis | |
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N. hildebrandti, Madagascar | |
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N. pauliani, Madagascar | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Libellulidae |
Subfamily: | Tetrathemistinae |
Genus: | Neodythemis Karsch, 1889 |
Neodythemis is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae, known as junglewatchers. It contains the following species:[1]
- Neodythemis afra (Ris, 1909)
- Neodythemis arnoulti Fraser, 1955
- Neodythemis campioni (Ris, 1915)
- Neodythemis fitzgeraldi Pinhey, 1961 – Powdered Junglewatcher
- Neodythemis hildebrandti Karsch, 1889
- Neodythemis infra Dijkstra, Diedericks & Mézière, 2015 – Blackwater Junglewatcher[2]
- Neodythemis katanga Dijkstra & Kipping, 2015 – Katanga Junglewatcher[2]
- Neodythemis klingi (Karsch, 1890)
- Neodythemis munyaga Dijkstra & Vick, 2006[3]
- Neodythemis nyungwe Dijkstra & Vick, 2006[3]
- Neodythemis pauliani Fraser, 1952
- Neodythemis preussi (Karsch, 1891)
- Neodythemis scalarum Pinhey, 1964
- Neodythemis takamandensis (Vick, 2000) – Bizarre Junglewatcher
- Neodythemis trinervulata (Martin, 1902)
References
[edit]- ^ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2023). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama. Retrieved 14 Mar 2023.
- ^ a b Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Kipping, Jens; Mézière, Nicolas (2015). "Sixty new dragonfly and damselfly species from Africa (Odonata)". Odonatologica. 44 (4): 447–678. doi:10.5281/zenodo.35388.
- ^ a b Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Vick, Graham S. (2006). "Inflation by venation and the bankruptcy of traditional genera: the case of Neodythemis and Micromacromia, with keys to the continental African species and the description of two new Neodythemis species from the Albertine Rift (Odonata: Libellulidae)". International Journal of Odonatology. 9 (1): 51–70. doi:10.1080/13887890.2006.9748263.