Sympetrum

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: Sympetrum
Species: S. ambiguum – S. anomalum – S. arenicolor – S. baccha – S. chaconi – S. commixtum – S. cordulegaster – S. corruptum – S. costiferum – S. croceolum – S. daliensis – S. danae – S. darwinianum – S. depressiusculum – S. dilatatum – S. durum – S. eroticum – S. evanescens – S. flaveolum – S. fonscolombii – S. frequens – S. gilvum – S. gracile – S. haematoneura – S. haritonovi – S. himalayanum – S. hypomelas – S. illotum – S. imitans – S. infuscatum – S. internum – S. janeae – S. kunckelii – S. maculatum – S. madidum – S. meridionale – S. nigrescens – S. nigrifemur – S. nigrocreatum – S. nomurai – S. obtrusum – S. occidentale – S. orientale – S. pallipes – S. paramo – S. parvulum – S. pedemontanum – S. risi – S. roraimae – S. rubicundulum – S. ruptum – S. sanguineum – S. semicinctum – S. signiferum – S. sinaiticum – S. speciosum – S. striolatum – S. tibiale – S. uniforme – S. verum – S. vicinum – S. villosum – S. vulgatum – S. xiaoi
Name

Sympetrum Newman, 1833
References

Cannings, R.A. & R.W. Garrison, 1991: Sympetrum signiferum, a new species of dragonfly (Odonata: Libellulidae) from western Mexico and Arizona. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 84(5): 474–479.
Tang, H.-c.; Yeh, W.-c.; Chen, S.-l. 2013: Description of an endemic and endangered new Sympetrum species (Odonata: Libellulidae) from the subtropical area of Taiwan. Zootaxa 3693(3): 351–357. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3693.3.5 Reference page.

Vernacular names
беларуская: Сціснутабрухі
Deutsch: Heidelibellen
日本語: アカネ属 (アカトンボ属)
한국어: 고추잠자리속

Sympetrum is a genus of small to medium-sized skimmer dragonflies, known as darters in the UK and as meadowhawks in North America. The more than 50 species predominantly live in the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere; no Sympetrum species is native to Australia.

Most North American darters fly in late summer and autumn, breeding in ponds and foraging over meadows. Commonly, they are yellow-gold as juveniles, with mature males and some females becoming bright red on part or all of their bodies. An exception to this color scheme is the black darter (Sympetrum danae).[1]

The genus includes the following species:[2]

Sympetrum ambiguum (Rambur, 1842) – blue-faced meadowhawk[3]
Sympetrum anomalum Needham, 1930
Sympetrum arenicolor Jödicke, 1994
Sympetrum baccha (Selys, 1884)
Sympetrum chaconi De Marmels, 1994
Sympetrum commixtum (Selys, 1884)
Sympetrum cordulegaster (Selys, 1883)
Sympetrum corruptum (Hagen, 1861) – variegated meadowhawk[3]
Sympetrum costiferum (Hagen, 1861) – saffron-winged meadowhawk[3]
Sympetrum croceolum (Selys, 1883)
Sympetrum daliensis Zhu, 1999
Sympetrum danae (Sulzer, 1776) – black darter,[4] black meadowhawk[3]
Sympetrum darwinianum Selys, 1883
Sympetrum depressiusculum (Selys, 1841) – spotted darter[5]
Sympetrum dilatatum (Calvert, 1892) – St. Helena darter[6]
Sympetrum durum Bartenev, 1916
Sympetrum eroticum (Selys, 1883)
Sympetrum evanescens De Marmels, 1992
Sympetrum flaveolum (Linnaeus, 1758) – yellow-winged darter[4]
Sympetrum fonscolombii (Selys, 1840) – red-veined darter,[4] nomad[7]
Sympetrum frequens (Selys, 1883)[8]
Sympetrum gilvum (Selys, 1884)
Sympetrum gracile Oguma, 1915
Sympetrum haematoneura Fraser, 1924
Sympetrum haritonovi Borisov, 1983 – dwarf darter[9]
Sympetrum himalayanum Navás, 1934
Sympetrum hypomelas (Selys, 1884)
Sympetrum illotum (Hagen, 1861) – cardinal meadowhawk[3]
Sympetrum imitans (Selys, 1886)
Sympetrum infuscatum (Selys, 1883)
Sympetrum internum Montgomery, 1943 – cherry-faced meadowhawk[3]
Sympetrum kunckeli (Selys, 1884)
Sympetrum maculatum Oguma, 1922
Sympetrum madidum (Hagen, 1861) – red-veined meadowhawk[3]
Sympetrum meridionale (Selys, 1841) – southern darter[5]
Sympetrum nigrifemur (Selys, 1884) – island darter[10]
Sympetrum nigrocreatum Calvert, 1920 – Talamanca meadowhawk[11]
Sympetrum nomurai Asahina, 1997
Sympetrum obtrusum (Hagen, 1861) – white-faced meadowhawk[3]
Sympetrum orientale (Selys, 1883)
Sympetrum pallipes (Hagen, 1874) – striped meadowhawk[3]
Sympetrum paramo De Marmels, 2001
Sympetrum parvulum (Bartenev, 1912)
Sympetrum pedemontanum (Müller, 1766) – banded darter[4]
Sympetrum risi Bartenev, 1914
Sympetrum roraimae De Marmels, 1988
Sympetrum rubicundulum (Say, 1840) – ruby meadowhawk[3]
Sympetrum ruptum Needham, 1930
Sympetrum sanguineum (Müller, 1764) – ruddy darter[4]
Sympetrum semicinctum (Say, 1840) – band-winged meadowhawk[3]
Sympetrum signiferum Cannings & Garrison, 1991
Sympetrum sinaiticum Dumont, 1977 – desert darter[5]
Sympetrum speciosum Oguma, 1915
Sympetrum striolatum (Charpentier, 1840) – common darter[4]
Sympetrum tibiale (Ris, 1897)
Sympetrum uniforme (Selys, 1883)
Sympetrum verum Bartenev, 1916
Sympetrum vicinum (Hagen, 1861) – yellow-legged meadowhawk,[12] autumn meadowhawk[3]
Sympetrum villosum Ris, 1911
Sympetrum vulgatum (Linnaeus, 1758) – vagrant darter,[4] moustached darter[5]
Sympetrum xiaoi Han & Zhu, 1997

References

Needham, James G.; Minter J. Westfall Jr; Michael L. May (2000). Dragonflies of North America (rev. ed.). Gainesville, FL: Scientific Publishers. p. 795. ISBN 0-945417-94-2.
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. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
"Checklist of UK Species". British Dragonfly Society. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
"Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
Suhling, F. & Martens, A. (2011). "Sympetrum dilatatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T21226A9259879. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T21226A9259879.en.
Samways, Michael J. (2008). Dragonflies and damselflies of South Africa (1st ed.). Sofia: Pensoft. ISBN 978-9546423306.
Autumn Darter, Kochi
Clausnitzer, V. (2009). "Sympetrum haritonovi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T158697A5261939. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158697A5261939.en.
Clausnitzer, V.; Kalkman, V.J. (2020). "Sympetrum nigrifemur". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T60292A140601430. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T60292A140601430.en.
Paulson, D. R. (2009). "Sympetrum nigrocreatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T164924A5939416. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T164924A5939416.en.
Dunkle, S. W. (2000). Dragonflies through Binoculars. OUP.