Dythemis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Trithemistinae
Genus: Dythemis
Species: D. fugax – D. maya – D. multipunctata – D. nigrescens – D. rufinervis – D. sterilis – D. velox
Name

Dythemis Hagen, 1861
References

2011: Zootaxa, 3019: 51–62. Preview

Dythemis is a Neotropical genus of dragonflies in the Libellulidae family, commonly known as Setwings.[1]

There are seven species. In 2011, it was proposed that D. multipunctata be made a subspecies of D. sterilis, and individuals of the species in the Lesser Antilles be called D. nigra.[2]
Species

The genus includes the following species:[3]

Male	Female	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
		Dythemis fugax Hagen, 1861	Checkered Setwing[4]	Central America and North America
		Dythemis maya Calvert, 1906	Mayan Setwing[4]	Central America and North America
		Dythemis nigra Martin, 1897[2]		South America
		Dythemis nigrescens Calvert, 1899	Black Setwing[4]	Central America and North America
		Dythemis rufinervis (Burmeister, 1839)		Caribbean
		Dythemis sterilis Hagen, 1861	Brown Setwing	Mexico and the Caribbean south through Central America
		Dythemis velox Hagen, 1861	Swift Setwing[4]	Central America and North America

References

Paulson, D. R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-12281-4.
Meurgey, F. and C. Poiron. (2011). The true Dythemis multipunctata Kirby, 1894, from the West Indies and proposed new taxonomic status (Odonata: Anisoptera: Libellulidae). Zootaxa 3019, 51-62.
Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
"North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.