Crocothemis erythraea

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Odonatoptera
Cladus: Holodonata
Ordo: Odonata
Subordo: Epiprocta
Infraordo: Anisoptera
Superfamilia: Libelluloidea

Familia: Libellulidae
Subfamilia: Sympetrinae
Genus: Crocothemis
Species: Crocothemis erythraea
Name

Crocothemis erythraea (Brullé, 1832)
Synonyms

Libellula erythraea Brullé, 1832
Libellula rubra de Villers, 1789 (nec Müller, 1764)
Libellula ferruginea Vander Linden, 1825 (nec Fabricius, 1775)
Libellula coccinea Charpentier, 1840
Libellula inquinata Rambur, 1842
Crocothemis chaldaeora Morton, 1920

References
Links

Martin Schorr World Odonata List [01 Sep 2010]

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Feuerlibelle
français: Libellule écarlate
Nederlands: Vuurlibel
polski: szafranka czerwona

The scarlet dragonfly (Crocothemis erythraea) is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. Its common names include broad scarlet, common scarlet-darter, and scarlet darter.[1]

Status and distribution

The scarlet dragonfly is a common species in southern Europe and throughout Africa. It also occurs across western Asia as far as southern China.[1] It is a very rare vagrant in Britain. Its first record in the country was at Hayle Kimbro Pool, The Lizard, Cornwall, on 7 August 1995. Since then there have been a few further records at scattered locations throughout Britain.[2]
Habitat

A wide range of both running and standing waters, except those that are shaded. Adults may be found some distance from water in habitats ranging from desert to open woodland; absent from dense forest.[1][3]
Description

Crocothemis erythraea can reach a length of 33–44 millimetres (1.3–1.7 in). These dragonflies haves a flattened and rather broad abdomen. The adult male scarlet dragonfly has a bright scarlet red, widened abdomen, with small amber patches at the bases of the hindwings. Also the veins on the leading edges of the wings are red. Females and immatures are yellow-brown and have a conspicuous pale stripe along the top of the thorax.[4][5]
References

Clausnitzer, V. (2016). "Crocothemis erythraea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T59859A83846274. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59859A83846274.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
Jones, S. P. (1996). "The first British record of the Scarlet Dragonfly Crocothemis erythraea (Brullé)" (PDF). Journal of the British Dragonfly Society. 12 (1): 11–12.
Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Clausnitzer, V. (2014). The dragonflies and damselflies of eastern Africa. Tervuren: Royal Museum for Central Africa. ISBN 978-94-916-1506-1.
"Scarlet Darter". British Dragonfly Society. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
K-D Dijkstra; Asmus Schröter (2020). Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain and Europe: 2nd edition. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 307. ISBN 9781472943972.