Biology:Plathemis

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Plathemis is a small genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. It has been considered a synonym of Libellula, subgenus, or separate genus by different authorities. Recent phylogenetic analysis has supported its status as either a subgenus or a full genus.[1][2]


Species

It contains two species:

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


References

  1. "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the dragonfly genera Libellula, Ladona, and Plathemis (Odonata: Libellulidae) based on mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I and 16S rRNA sequence data". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 18 (3): 348–61. 2001. doi:10.1006/mpev.2000.0867. PMID 11277629. Bibcode2001MolPE..18..348A. 
  2. Kambhampati, Srinivas; Charlton, Ralph E. (1999). "Phylogenetic relationship among Libellula, Ladona and Plathemis (Odonata: Libellulidae) based on DNA sequence of mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene". Systematic Entomology 24 (1): 37–49. doi:10.1046/j.1365-3113.1999.00066.x. Bibcode1999SysEn..24...37K. 
  • Data related to Plathemis at Wikispecies

Wikidata ☰ Q2262151 entry