Libellula

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{{Automatic Taxobox

| name = Skimmers

| image = Libellula depressa.jpg

| image_caption = Broad-bodied chaser

| taxon = Libellula

| authority = Linnaeus, 1758

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

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| type_species =Libellula depressa

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Libellula is a genus of dragonflies, called chasers (in English) or skimmers (in American), in the family Libellulidae. They are distributed throughout the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere. Many have showy wing patterns.{{cite book | last = Needham | first = James G. |author2=Minter J. Westfall Jr |author3=Michael L. May | title = Dragonflies of North America (rev. ed.) | publisher = Scientific Publishers | date = 2000 | location = Gainesville, FL | isbn = 0-945417-94-2 | pages = 700–702 }}

Overview

The taxa Ladona (corporals) and Plathemis (whitetails) have been considered as synonyms of Libellula, subgenera, or separate genera by different authorities. Recent phylogenetic analysis has supported their status as either subgenera or full genera.{{cite journal |vauthors=Artiss T, Schultz TR, Polhemus DA, Simon C | title = Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the dragonfly genera Libellula, Ladona, and Plathemis (Odonata: Libellulidae) based on mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I and 16S rRNA sequence data | journal = Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | volume = 18 | issue = 3 | pages = 348–61 | year = 2001 | pmid = 11277629 | doi = 10.1006/mpev.2000.0867}}{{cite journal | last = Kambhampati | first = Srinivas |author2=Charlton, Ralph E. | title = Phylogenetic relationship among Libellula, Ladona and Plathemis (Odonata: Libellulidae) based on DNA sequence of mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene | journal =Systematic Entomology | volume = 24 | issue = 1 | pages = 37–49 | date = 1999 | doi = 10.1046/j.1365-3113.1999.00066.x | s2cid = 83165475 | doi-access = free }}

Species

List of species.[http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/odonata/anisoptera/libellulidae/libellula/index.html Libellula], funet.fi

=Extant species=

Male	Female	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
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120px	120px	Libellula angelina {{small\|Selys, 1883}}		North China, Japan
120px	120px	Libellula auripennis {{small\|Burmeister, 1839}}	golden-winged skimmer	North and Central America
120px	120px	Libellula axilena {{small\|Westwood, 1837}}	bar-winged skimmer	North America
	120px	Libellula comanche {{small\|Calvert, 1907}}	Comanche skimmer	Central America and North America
	120px	Libellula composita {{small\|(Hagen, 1873)}}	bleached skimmer	North America.
120px	120px	Libellula croceipennis {{small\|Selys, 1869}}	neon skimmer	North and Central America
120px	120px	Libellula cyanea {{small\|Fabricius, 1775}}	spangled skimmer	United States of America
120px	120px	Libellula depressa {{small\|Linnaeus, 1758}}	broad-bodied chaser	Europe, West Asia. Sometimes included in the genus Ladona.
120x120px	120px	Libellula flavida {{small\|Rambur, 1842}}	yellow-sided skimmer	North America
		Libellula foliata {{small\|(Kirby, 1889)}}		Mexico (Chiapas)
120px	120px	Libellula forensis {{small\|Hagen, 1861}}	eight-spotted skimmer	Western United States and Canada
120px	120px	Libellula fulva {{small\|Müller, 1764}}	scarce chaser	Europe
		Libellula gaigei {{small\|Gloyd, 1938}}	Red-mantled Skimmer	Mexico, United States(Texas)
120px	120px	Libellula herculea {{small\|Karsch, 1889}}	Hercules Skimmer	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, El Salvador, and Venezuela
120px	120px	Libellula incesta {{small\|Hagen, 1861}}	slaty skimmer	eastern United States and southern Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick.
120px		Libellula jesseana {{small\|Williamson, 1922}}	purple skimmer	United States (Florida)
120px	120px	Libellula luctuosa {{small\|Burmeister, 1839}}	widow skimmer	United States, Canada (southern Ontario and Quebec).
		Libellula mariae {{small\|Garrison, 1992}}	Maria's Skimmer	Costa Rica
		Libellula melli {{small\|Schmidt, 1948}}		China
120px	120px	Libellula needhami {{small\|Westfall, 1943}}	Needham's skimmer	Caribbean, Central America, and North America.
	120px	Libellula nodisticta {{small\|Hagen, 1861}}	hoary skimmer	Central America, North America, and South America.
		Libellula pontica {{small\|Selys, 1887}}	red chaser	Armenia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Syria, Turkey
120px	120px	Libellula pulchella {{small\|Drury, 1773}}	twelve-spotted skimmer	southern Canada and contiguous U.S. states.
120px	120px	Libellula quadrimaculata {{small\|Linnaeus, 1758}}	four-spotted skimmer or four-spotted chaser	Europe and North America
120px	120px	Libellula saturata {{small\|Uhler, 1857}}	flame skimmer	Southwestern United States
120px	120px	Libellula semifasciata {{small\|Burmeister, 1839}}	painted skimmer	New Brunswick, Canada as far south as Texas and Florida.
120px	120px	Libellula vibrans {{small\|Fabricius, 1793}}	great blue skimmer	eastern United States

==''Ladona''==

Male	Female	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
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120px	120px	Ladona deplanata {{small\|(Rambur, 1842)}}	blue corporal	eastern United States.
120x120px		Ladona exusta {{small\|(Say, 1839)}}	white corporal	Mid-Atlantic and New England
120px	120px	Ladona julia {{small\|(Uhler, 1857)}}	chalk-fronted corporal	northern United States and southern Canada.

==''Plathemis''==

Male	Female	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
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120px	120px	Plathemis lydia {{small\|(Drury, 1770)}}	common whitetail or long-tailed skimmer	North America
120px		Plathemis subornata {{small\|(Hagen, 1861)}}	desert whitetail	United States (Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Kansas, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Washington.), Mexico

Fossils

Libellula brodieri† [https://www.fossilworks.org The Paleobiology Database]
Libellula calypso†
Libellula doris †
Libellula eusebioi†
Libellula kieseli†
Libellula martini†
Libellula melobasis†
Libellula pannewitziana†
Libellula perse†
Libellula sieboldiana†
Libellula thetis†
Libellula thoe†
Libellula ukrainensis†

References

External links

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Category:Libellulidae

Category:Anisoptera genera

Category:Odonata of Asia

Category:Odonata of Europe

Category:Odonata of North America

Category:Odonata of South America

Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus

Category:Taxa described in 1758

Category:Animal migration