Erythrodiplax

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: Erythrodiplax
Species: E. abjecta – E. acantha – E. amazonica – E. ana – E. anatoidea – E. andagoya – E. angustipennis – E. anomala – E. atroterminata – E. attenuata – E. avittata – E. basalis – E. basifusca – E. berenice – E. branconensis – E. bromeliicola – E. castanea – E. cauca – E. chromoptera – E. cleopatra – E. clitella – E. connata – E. corallina – E. diversa – E. famula – E. fervida – E. fulva – E. funerea – E. fusca – E. gomesi – E. hyalina – E. ines – E. juliana – E. justiniana – E. kimminsi – E. laselva – E. latimaculata – E. lativittata – E. laurentia – E. leticia – E. longitudinalis – E. luteofrons – E. lygaea – E. maculosa – E. media – E. melanica – E. melanorubra – E. minuscula – E. nigricans – E. nivea – E. ochracea – E. pallida – E. paraguayensis – E. parvimaculata – E. solimaea – E. tenuis – E. transversa – E. umbrata – E. unimaculata – E. venusta
Name

Erythrodiplax Brauer, 1868
References

Guillermo-Ferreira, R., Vilela, D.S., Del-Claro, K. & Bispo, P.D.C. 2016. Erythrodiplax ana sp. nov. (Odonata: Libellulidae) from Brazilian palm swamps. Zootaxa 4158(2): 292–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.2.10. Reference page.
Haber, W.A., Wagner, D.L. & De la Rosa, C. 2015: A new species of Erythrodiplax breeding in bromeliads in Costa Rica (Odonata: Libellulidae). Zootaxa 3947(3): 386–396. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.3.5. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

Erythrodiplax is a large Neotropical genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. These small to medium-sized skimmers are commonly known as dragonlets.[1]
Species

The genus contains the following species:[2]

Erythrodiplax abjecta (Rambur, 1842)
Erythrodiplax acantha Borror, 1942
Erythrodiplax amazonica Sjöstedt, 1918
Erythrodiplax ana (Guillermo-Ferreira & Vilela, 2016)
Erythrodiplax anatoidea Borror, 1942
Erythrodiplax andagoya Borror, 1942
Erythrodiplax angustipennis Borror, 1942
Erythrodiplax anomala (Brauer, 1865)
Erythrodiplax atroterminata Ris, 1911
Erythrodiplax attenuata (Kirby, 1889)
Erythrodiplax avittata Borror, 1942
Erythrodiplax basalis (Kirby, 1897)
Erythrodiplax basifusca (Calvert, 1895) - Plateau Dragonlet[3]
Erythrodiplax berenice (Drury, 1773) - Seaside Dragonlet[3]
Erythrodiplax branconensis Sjöstedt, 1929
Erythrodiplax bromeliicola Westfall in Needham, Westfall & May, 2000 - Bromeliad Dragonlet[4]
Erythrodiplax castanea (Burmeister, 1839)
Erythrodiplax cauca Borror, 1942
Erythrodiplax chromoptera Borror, 1942
Erythrodiplax cleopatra Ris, 1911
Erythrodiplax clitella Borror, 1942
Erythrodiplax connata (Burmeister, 1839)
Erythrodiplax corallina (Brauer, 1865)
Erythrodiplax diversa (Navás, 1916)
Erythrodiplax famula (Erichson, 1848)
Erythrodiplax fervida (Erichson, 1848)
Erythrodiplax fulva Borror, 1957
Erythrodiplax funerea (Hagen, 1861) - Black-winged Dragonlet[3]
Erythrodiplax fusca (Rambur, 1842) - Red-faced Dragonlet[3]
Erythrodiplax gomesi Santos, 1946
Erythrodiplax hyalina Förster, 1907
Erythrodiplax ines Ris, 1911
Erythrodiplax juliana Ris, 1911
Erythrodiplax justiniana (Selys in Sagra, 1857)
Erythrodiplax kimminsi Borror, 1942
Erythrodiplax latimaculata Ris, 1911
Erythrodiplax lativittata Borror, 1942
Erythrodiplax laurentia Borror, 1942
Erythrodiplax leticia Machado, 1996
Erythrodiplax longitudinalis (Ris, 1919)
Erythrodiplax luteofrons Santos, 1956
Erythrodiplax lygaea Ris, 1911
Erythrodiplax maculosa (Hagen, 1861)
Erythrodiplax media Borror, 1942
Erythrodiplax melanica Borror, 1942
Erythrodiplax melanorubra Borror, 1942
Erythrodiplax minuscula (Rambur, 1842) - Little Blue Dragonlet[3]
Erythrodiplax nigricans (Rambur, 1842)
Erythrodiplax nivea Borror, 1942
Erythrodiplax ochracea (Burmeister, 1839)
Erythrodiplax pallida (Needham, 1904)
Erythrodiplax paraguayensis (Förster, 1904)
Erythrodiplax parvimaculata Borror, 1942
Erythrodiplax solimaea Ris, 1911
Erythrodiplax tenuis Borror, 1942
Erythrodiplax transversa Borror, 1957
Erythrodiplax umbrata (Linnaeus, 1758) - Band-winged Dragonlet[3]
Erythrodiplax unimaculata (de Geer, 1773)
Erythrodiplax venusta (Kirby, 1897)

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.
Paulson, D. R. (2009). "Erythrodiplax bromeliicola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T59717A11995316. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T59717A11995316.en.