Biology:Tetrathemis
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Short description: Genus of dragonflies
| Tetrathemis | |
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| Tetrathemis platyptera male | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Subfamily: | Tetrathemistinae |
| Genus: | Tetrathemis Brauer, 1868[1] |
Tetrathemis is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.[2][3] Species of Tetrathemis are found in Africa, Madagascar, Asia, New Guinea and Australia.[4]
Species
The genus Tetrathemis includes the following species:[3]
- Tetrathemis camerunensis (Sjöstedt, 1900)
- Tetrathemis corduliformis Longfield, 1936
- Tetrathemis denticauda Fraser, 1954
- Tetrathemis flavescens Kirby, 1889
- Tetrathemis fraseri Legrand, 1977 - treefall elf
- Tetrathemis godiardi Lacroix, 1921
- Tetrathemis irregularis Brauer, 1868 - rainforest elf[5]
- Tetrathemis irregularis cladophila - Tillyard, 1908 - rainforest elf
- Tetrathemis leptoptera Selys, 1877
- Tetrathemis longfieldae Legrand, 1977
- Tetrathemis platyptera Selys, 1878
- Tetrathemis polleni (Selys, 1877) - black-splashed elf[6]
- Tetrathemis ruwensoriensis Fraser, 1941
- Tetrathemis victoriae (Pinhey, 1963)
- Tetrathemis yerburii Kirby, 1893
References
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- ↑ Brauer, Friedrich (1868). "Neue und wenig bekannte vom Herrn Doct. Semper gesammelte Odonaten" (in de). Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 18: 167–188 [182]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25254145.
- ↑ "Genus Tetrathemis Brauer, 1868". Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Tetrathemis.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/.
- ↑ Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. pp. 278. ISBN 0643051368.
- ↑ Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
- ↑ Samways, Michael J. (2008). The Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa. Pensoft. ISBN 954-642-330-0.
Wikidata ☰ Q1310756 entry
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