Biology:Boyeria

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Short description: Genus of dragonflies

Boyeria
Boyeria irene01.jpg
Western spectre (Boyeria irene)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Aeshnidae
Genus: Boyeria
McLachlan, 1896

Boyeria is a genus of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae, commonly called spotted darners. They occur in temperate North America and Eurasia.[1]

The name Boyeria commemorates the French entomologist Etienne Laurent Joseph Hippolyte Boyer de Fonscolombe[2]

The genus contains the following seven described species:[3]

  • Boyeria cretensis Peters, 1991 – Cretan spectre[4]
  • Boyeria grafiana Williamson, 1907 – ocellated darner[5]
  • Boyeria irene (Fonscolombe, 1838) – western spectre[6]
  • Boyeria jamjari Jung, 2011
  • Boyeria karubei Yokoi, 2002
  • Boyeria maclachlani Selys, 1883
  • Boyeria sinensis Asahina, 1978
  • Boyeria vinosa (Say, 1840) – fawn darner[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1311596 entry