Synthemis

Synthemis is a genus of dragonflies in the family Synthemistidae.[2] Species of Synthemis are medium-sized, slender, black and yellow dragonflies.[3]

Synthemis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Synthemistidae
Genus: Synthemis
Selys, 1870[1]

Species

The genus includes these species:[4]

  • Synthemis ariadne Lieftinck, 1975
  • Synthemis campioni Lieftinck, 1971
  • Synthemis eustalacta (Burmeister, 1839) - swamp tigertail[3]
  • Synthemis fenella Campion, 1921
  • Synthemis feronia Lieftinck, 1938
  • Synthemis flexicauda Campion, 1921
  • Synthemis macrostigma Selys, 1871
  • Synthemis miranda Selys, 1871
  • Synthemis montaguei Campion, 1921
  • Synthemis pamelae Davies, 2002
  • Synthemis serendipita Winstanley, 1984
  • Synthemis tasmanica Tillyard, 1910 - Tasmanian swamp tigertail[3]

References
  1. Selys-Longchamps, E. (1870). "Sous-famille des Cordulines, Sélys (1)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (in French). 14: iii-vii [vi] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. "Genus Synthemis Selys, 1870". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  3. Theischinger, Gunther; Hawking, John (2007). The complete field guide to dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0643090738.
  4. Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
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