Erythemis

Life-forms

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: Erythemis
Species: E. attala – E. carmelita – E. collocata – E. credula – E. haematogastra – E. mithroides – E. peruviana – E. plebeja – E. simplicicollis – E. vesiculosa

Name

Erythemis Hagen, 1861
References

ICZN 2014: Opinion 2339 (Case 3584): Erythemis Hagen, 1861: precedence given over Lepthemis Hagen, 1861 (Insecta, Odonata). Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 71(3): 191–194. Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Pondhawks

Erythemis is a genus of dragonflies in the Libellulidae family, commonly known as pondhawks. These medium- to large-sized skimmers are voracious predators of other insects up to their own size, including other dragonflies.[1]

The genus contains the following species:[2]

Erythemis attala (Selys in Sagra, 1857) – black pondhawk[3]
Erythemis carmelita Williamson, 1923
Erythemis collocata (Hagen, 1861) – western pondhawk[3]
Erythemis credula (Hagen, 1861)
Erythemis haematogastra (Burmeister, 1839) – red pondhawk[4]
Erythemis mithroides (Brauer, 1900) – claret pondhawk[3]
Erythemis peruviana (Rambur, 1842) – flame-tailed pondhawk[3]
Erythemis plebeja (Burmeister, 1839) – pin-tailed pondhawk[3]
Erythemis simplicicollis (Say, 1840) – eastern pondhawk[3]
Erythemis vesiculosa (Fabricius, 1775) – great pondhawk[3]

References

Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-12281-6.
Dennis Paulson; Martin Schorr; Cyrille Deliry. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
"North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
von Ellenrieder, N. (2009). "Erythemis haematogastra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T158853A5283015. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158853A5283015.en.