Biology:Leucorrhinia

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Short description: Genus of dragonflies

Whitefaces
Leucorrhinia rubicunda (Ruby whiteface) male
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Subfamily: Leucorrhiniinae
Genus: Leucorrhinia
Brittinger, 1850[1]

Leucorrhinia is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. They are commonly called whitefaces because of their distinctive pale frons.

Species

Listed alphabetically.[2][3]

Male Female Scientific name Common Name Distribution
File:2014.07.15.-10-Zadlitzgraben Pressel--Oestliche Moosjungfer-Maennchen.jpg Leucorrhinia albifrons (Burmeister, 1839) dark whiteface[4] Austria, Belarus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, and Ukraine.
Leucorrhinia borealis Hagen, 1890 boreal whiteface[5] North America
120px Leucorrhinia caudalis (Charpentier, 1840) lilypad whiteface[4] Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Sweden, and Ukraine.
Leucorrhinia circassica Bartenev, 1929 North-Western Caucasus
File:Leucorrhinia dubia orientalis.JPG File:RNR Seigne des Barbouillons - img 46950.jpg Leucorrhinia dubia (Van der Linden, 1825) white-faced darter,[6] small whiteface[4] northern Europe eastwards to Siberia
120px Leucorrhinia frigida Hagen, 1890 frosted whiteface[5] United States and southern Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick.
Leucorrhinia glacialis Hagen, 1890 crimson-ringed whiteface[5] North America
File:WHITEFACE, HUDSONIAN (Leucorrhinia hudsonica) (6-10-2014) 4700 ft, rte 372 8 miles n of the deschutes-klamath co line -01 (14413484228).jpg Leucorrhinia hudsonica (Selys, 1850) Hudsonian whiteface[5] northern West Virginia
File:Dot-Tailed Whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta) - Flickr - wackybadger (2).jpg Leucorrhinia intacta (Hagen, 1861) dot-tailed whiteface[5] United States (Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, U.S. Virgin Islands, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming), Canada: (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia • Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan)
Leucorrhinia intermedia Bartenev, 1912 Japan
Leucorrhinia orientalis Selys, 1887 Russia
File:Leucorrhinia patricia Walker, 1940 3325489255.jpg Leucorrhinia patricia Walker, 1940 Canada whiteface[5] North America
File:2013.06.07.-14-Karlsternweiher im Kaefertaler Wald-Mannheim-Grosse Moosjungfer-Maennchen.jpg File:Leucorrhinia pectoralis female.jpg Leucorrhinia pectoralis (Charpentier, 1825) large white-faced darter, yellow-spotted whiteface[4] western Siberia to parts of France.
120px Leucorrhinia proxima Calvert, 1890 red-waisted whiteface,[7] belted whiteface[5]
Leucorrhinia rubicunda (Linnaeus, 1758) ruby whiteface[4] Northern Belgium and it is found through Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Fennoscandia, Belarus, Ukraine and Russia.

References

  1. ↑ Leucorrhinia, funet.fi
  2. ↑ Leucorrhinia , Zipcodezoo
  3. ↑ "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list/. Retrieved 11 August 2010. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. https://archive.today/20121204160258/http://www.dragonflypix.com/checklist.html. Retrieved 5 August 2010. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/north-american-odonata/. Retrieved 5 August 2010. 
  6. ↑ "Checklist of UK Species". British Dragonfly Society. http://www.british-dragonflies.org.uk/content/uk-species. Retrieved 5 August 2010. 
  7. ↑ Dunkle, S. W. (2000). Dragonflies through Binoculars. OUP. 

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