Sympetrum

{{Short description|Genus of dragonflies}}

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{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Darters or
Meadowhawks

| image = Darter August 2007-20.jpg

| image_caption = Sympetrum fonscolombii

| image2 = White-faced Meadowhawks in wheel position, Shirleys Bay.jpg

| image2_caption = White-faced Meadowhawks (Sympetrum obtrusum) in "wheel position", Shirleys Bay, Ottawa

| taxon = Sympetrum

| authority = Newman, 1833

}}

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Sympetrum is a genus of small to medium-sized skimmer dragonflies, known as darters in the UK and as meadowhawks in North America. The more than 50 species predominantly live in the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere; 15 species are native to North America. No Sympetrum species is native to Australia.

Most North American darters fly in late summer and autumn, breeding in ponds and foraging over meadows. Commonly, they are yellow-gold as juveniles, with mature males and some females becoming bright red on part or all of their bodies. An exception to this color scheme is the black darter (Sympetrum danae).{{cite book | last = Needham | first = James G. |author2=Minter J. Westfall Jr. |author3=Michael L. May | title = Dragonflies of North America | edition = rev. | publisher = Scientific Publishers | date = 2000 | location = Gainesville, FL | isbn = 0-945417-94-2 | page = 795 }}

The genus includes the following species:{{World Odonata List}}

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• Sympetrum ambiguum {{small|(Rambur, 1842)}} – blue-faced meadowhawk{{cite web|title=North American Odonata|url=http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/north-american-odonata/|publisher=University of Puget Sound|access-date=5 August 2010|year=2009}}
• Sympetrum anomalum {{small|Needham, 1930}}
• Sympetrum arenicolor {{small|Jödicke, 1994}}
• Sympetrum baccha {{small|(Selys, 1884)}}
• Sympetrum chaconi {{small|De Marmels, 1994}}
• Sympetrum commixtum {{small|(Selys, 1884)}}
• Sympetrum cordulegaster {{small|(Selys, 1883)}}
• Sympetrum corruptum {{small|(Hagen, 1861)}} – variegated meadowhawk
• Sympetrum costiferum {{small| (Hagen, 1861)}} – saffron-winged meadowhawk
• Sympetrum croceolum {{small|(Selys, 1883)}}
• Sympetrum daliensis {{small|Zhu, 1999}}
• Sympetrum danae {{small|(Sulzer, 1776)}} – black darter,{{cite web|title=Checklist of UK Species|url=http://www.british-dragonflies.org.uk/content/uk-species|publisher=British Dragonfly Society|access-date=5 August 2010}} black meadowhawk
• Sympetrum darwinianum {{small|Selys, 1883}}
• Sympetrum depressiusculum {{small|(Selys, 1841)}} – spotted darter
• Sympetrum dilatatum {{small|(Calvert, 1892)}} – St. Helena darter{{Cite iucn | author = Suhling, F. | author2 = Martens, A. | name-list-style = amp | title = Sympetrum dilatatum | volume = 2011 | page = e.T21226A9259879 | date = 2011 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T21226A9259879.en}}
• Sympetrum durum {{small|Bartenev, 1916}}
• Sympetrum eroticum {{small|(Selys, 1883)}}
• Sympetrum evanescens {{small|De Marmels, 1992}}
• Sympetrum flaveolum {{small|(Linnaeus, 1758)}} – yellow-winged darter
• Sympetrum fonscolombii {{small|(Selys, 1840)}} – red-veined darter, nomad{{cite book|last=Samways|first=Michael J.|title=Dragonflies and damselflies of South Africa|year=2008|publisher=Pensoft|location=Sofia|isbn=978-9546423306|edition=1st}}
• Sympetrum frequens {{small|(Selys, 1883)}}[http://lifeinkochi.net/2010/07/autumn-darter/ Autumn Darter], Kochi
• Sympetrum gilvum {{small|(Selys, 1884)}}
• Sympetrum gracile {{small|Oguma, 1915}}
• Sympetrum haematoneura {{small|Fraser, 1924}}
• Sympetrum haritonovi {{small|Borisov, 1983}} – dwarf darter{{Cite iucn | author = Clausnitzer, V. | title = Sympetrum haritonovi | volume = 2009 | page = e.T158697A5261939 | date = 2009 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158697A5261939.en}}
• Sympetrum himalayanum {{small|Navás, 1934}}
• Sympetrum hypomelas {{small|(Selys, 1884)}}
• Sympetrum illotum {{small|(Hagen, 1861)}} – cardinal meadowhawk
• Sympetrum imitans {{small|(Selys, 1886)}}
• Sympetrum infuscatum {{small|(Selys, 1883)}}
• Sympetrum internum {{small|Montgomery, 1943}} – cherry-faced meadowhawk
• Sympetrum kunckeli {{small|(Selys, 1884)}}
• Sympetrum maculatum {{small|Oguma, 1922}}
• Sympetrum madidum {{small|(Hagen, 1861)}} – red-veined meadowhawk
• Sympetrum meridionale {{small|(Selys, 1841)}} – southern darter
• Sympetrum nigrifemur {{small|(Selys, 1884)}} – island darter{{cite iucn |author=Clausnitzer, V. |author2=Kalkman, V.J. |date=2020 |title=Sympetrum nigrifemur |volume=2020 |page=e.T60292A140601430 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T60292A140601430.en}}
• Sympetrum nigrocreatum {{small|Calvert, 1920}} – Talamanca meadowhawk{{Cite iucn | author = Paulson, D. R. | title = Sympetrum nigrocreatum | volume = 2009 | page = e.T164924A5939416 | date = 2009 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T164924A5939416.en}}
• Sympetrum nomurai {{small|Asahina, 1997}}
• Sympetrum obtrusum {{small|(Hagen, 1861)}} – white-faced meadowhawk
• Sympetrum orientale {{small|(Selys, 1883)}}
• Sympetrum pallipes {{small|(Hagen, 1874)}} – striped meadowhawk
• Sympetrum paramo {{small|De Marmels, 2001}}
• Sympetrum parvulum {{small|(Bartenev, 1912)}}
• Sympetrum pedemontanum {{small|(Müller, 1766)}} – banded darter
• Sympetrum risi {{small|Bartenev, 1914}}
• Sympetrum roraimae {{small|De Marmels, 1988}}
• Sympetrum rubicundulum {{small|(Say, 1840)}} – ruby meadowhawk
• Sympetrum ruptum {{small|Needham, 1930}}
• Sympetrum sanguineum {{small|(Müller, 1764)}} – ruddy darter
• Sympetrum semicinctum {{small|(Say, 1840)}} – band-winged meadowhawk
• Sympetrum signiferum {{small|Cannings & Garrison, 1991}}
• Sympetrum sinaiticum {{small|Dumont, 1977}} – desert darter
• Sympetrum speciosum {{small|Oguma, 1915}}
• Sympetrum striolatum {{small|(Charpentier, 1840)}} – common darter
• Sympetrum tibiale {{small|(Ris, 1897)}}
• Sympetrum uniforme {{small|(Selys, 1883)}}
• Sympetrum verum {{small|Bartenev, 1916}}
• Sympetrum vicinum {{small|(Hagen, 1861)}} – yellow-legged meadowhawk,{{cite book|last=Dunkle|first=S. W.|title=Dragonflies through Binoculars|year=2000|publisher=OUP}} autumn meadowhawk
• Sympetrum villosum {{small|Ris, 1911}}
• Sympetrum vulgatum {{small|(Linnaeus, 1758)}} – vagrant darter, moustached darter{{cite web|title=Checklist, English common names|url=http://www.dragonflypix.com/checklist.html|publisher=DragonflyPix.com|access-date=5 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121204160258/http://www.dragonflypix.com/checklist.html|archive-date=4 December 2012}}
• Sympetrum xiaoi {{small|Han & Zhu, 1997}}

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