Orthemis

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: Libellulinae
Genus: Orthemis
Species: O. aequilibris – O. ambinigra – O. ambirufa – O. anthracina – O. attenuata – O. biolleyi – O. concolor – O. cultriformis – O. discolor – O. ferruginea – O. flavopicta – O. levis – O. nodiplaga – O. plaumanni – O. regalis – O. schmidti – O. sulphurata
Name

Orthemis Hagen, 1861
References

Template:Hagen, 1861

Carrillo-Lara, D.E. & Novelo-Gutiérrez, R. 2018. Description of the larva of Orthemis ferruginea (Fabricius, 1775) (Odonata: Libellulidae). Zootaxa 4455(3): 547–554. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.3.10 Paywall Reference page.
Garrison, R.W. & N. von Ellenrieder, 2004: Orthemis sibylla, a junior synonym of O. ambirufa (Odonata: Libellulidae). International Journal of Odonatology 7(3): 467–470.

Orthemis is a genus of large Neotropical dragonflies, commonly called Tropical King Skimmers. The males are generally red and the females brown.[1]
Species

The genus contains the following species:[2]

Male	Female	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
		Orthemis aciculata von Ellenrieder, 2012		Surinam
		Orthemis aequilibris Calvert, 1909		Central america, northern south america
		Orthemis ambinigra Calvert, 1909		Nova Teutonia, Santa Catarina State, Brazil,
		Orthemis ambirufa Calvert, 1909		Colombia, Venezuela and the Guyanas south to N Bolivia and Brazil
		Orthemis anthracina De Marmels, 1989		Venezuela and Trinidad south through Surinam and N Peru
		Orthemis attenuata (Erichson, 1848)		Colombia, Venezuela, and Guyana south to Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil
		Orthemis biolleyi Calvert, 1906	Yellow-lined Skimmer[3]	Colombia, Brazil, Peru
		Orthemis celata von Ellenrieder, 2012		Pará State, Brazil
		Orthemis cinnamomea von Ellenrieder, 2009		Ecuador to N Peru
		Orthemis concolor Ris, 1919	Concolored Skimmer[4]	Venezuela and Trinidad through the Guyanas to N Brazil
		Orthemis coracina von Ellenrieder, 2009		Colombia, Surinam, and N Brazil to Ecuador and N Peru
		Orthemis cultriformis Calvert, 1899		Costa Rica in Central America south to Paraguay and N Argentina in South America
		Orthemis discolor (Burmeister, 1839)	Carmine Skimmer[5]	W Brazil and N Peru
		Orthemis faaseni von Ellenrieder, 2012		Brazil, Rondônia State, Porto Velho
		Orthemis ferruginea (Fabricius, 1775)	Roseate Skimmer[5]	United States to Brazil.
		Orthemis flavopicta Kirby, 1889		Bolívar State in SVenezuela and N Brazil south to central Brazil and Bolivia
		Orthemis garrisoni von Ellenrieder, 2012		Panama
		Orthemis harpago von Ellenrieder, 2009		Panguana, Río Yuyapichis, Huanuco Prov., Peru
		Orthemis levis Calvert, 1906		Mexico to N Colombia and Venezuela
		Orthemis macrostigma (Rambur, 1842)[6]		West Indies
		Orthemis nodiplaga Karsch, 1891		Brazil
		Orthemis paulsoni von Ellenrieder, 2012		SE Peru and Ecuador
		Orthemis philipi von Ellenrieder, 2009		Paraguay and N Argentina
		Orthemis plaumanni Buchholz, 1950
		Orthemis regalis Ris, 1910	Regal Skimmer[7]	Venezuela and Surinam to Ecuador N Peru and N Brazil
		Orthemis schmidti Buchholz, 1950	Red-tailed Skimmer	Mexico to Brazil and Peru
		Orthemis sulphurata Hagen, 1868		Colombia, Ecuador
		Orthemis tambopatae von Ellenrieder, 2009		S Peru and Bolivia
		Orthemis teres von Ellenrieder, 2012		Bolivia

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.
von Ellenrieder, N. (2009). "Orthemis biolleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T158912A5291367. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158912A5291367.en.
von Ellenrieder, N. (2009). "Orthemis concolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T158840A5281226. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158840A5281226.en.
"North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
Guzmán Ojeda, R.J.; González-Soriano, E. (2021). "Orthemis macrostigma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T166496576A166693960. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T166496576A166693960.en.
von Ellenrieder, N. (2009). "Orthemis regalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T158879A5286650. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158879A5286650.en.