Overview
Taxonomy
The Subfamily Sympetrinae is a member of the Family Libellulidae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Sympetrinae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Superorder: Odonatoptera
- Order: Odonata
Fabricius, 1793 - Dragonflies and Damselflies
- Suborder: Epiprocta
- Infraorder: Anisoptera
- Dragonflies
- Superfamily: Libelluloidea
Rambur, 1842
- Family: Libellulidae
Rambur, 1842 - Skimmers
- Subfamily: Sympetrinae
- Family: Libellulidae
Rambur, 1842 - Skimmers
- Superfamily: Libelluloidea
Rambur, 1842
- Infraorder: Anisoptera
- Dragonflies
- Suborder: Epiprocta
- Order: Odonata
Fabricius, 1793 - Dragonflies and Damselflies
- Superorder: Odonatoptera
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Subfamily Sympetrinae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (22): Acisoma · Brachythemis · Bradinopyga · Crocothemis · Cyanothemis · Deielia · Diplacodes · Erythemis · Erythrodiplax · Indothemis · Nannodiplax · Nesogonia · Neurothemis · Nothodiplax · Pachydiplax · Philonomon · Pseudoleon · Rhodopygia · Rhodothemis · Sympetrum · Viridithemis · Ypirangathemis
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 293 species and subspecies in the Subfamily Sympetrinae.
Genera
Acisoma
Acisoma is a small genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. It contains only two species: [more]
Brachythemis
Brachythemis is a genus of in family Libellulidae. It contains the following species: [more]
Bradinopyga
Bradinopyga is a genus of in family Libellulidae. It contains the following species: [more]
Crocothemis
Crocothemis is a of dragonflies in the Libellulidae family, subfamily Sympetrinae (Darters). Various species of this genus occur in southern Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and the Southwest Pacific. They are generally small to medium sized dragonflies. [more]
Cyanothemis
Deielia
Diplacodes
Diplacodes is a of dragonflies in the Libellulidae family. Various species of this genus occur in Africa, Asia, Australia and the South West Pacific. They are generally small in size. [more]
Erythemis
Erythemis is a genus of in the Libellulidae family, commonly known as Pondhawks. [more]
Erythrodiplax
Erythrodiplax is a genus of in family Libellulidae. It contains the following species: [more]
Indothemis
Nannodiplax
Nesogonia
Neurothemis
Nothodiplax
Nothodiplax is a genus of in family Libellulidae. It contains the following species: [more]
Pachydiplax
Philonomon
Philonomon is a genus of in family Libellulidae. It contains the following species: [more]
Pseudoleon
Rhodopygia
Rhodothemis
Sympetrum
Sympetrum is a genus of small to medium sized skimmer dragonflies, known as darters in the UK and as meadowhawks in the North America. There are more than 50 species, predominantly living in the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere; no Sympetrum are native to Australia. [more]
Viridithemis
Ypirangathemis
More info about the Genus Ypirangathemis may be found here.
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