Celithemis

Celithemis is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. They are known commonly as pennants. There are eight species in this monophyletic genus. They are mainly distributed in eastern North America.[1]

Celithemis
Halloween pennant (C. eponina)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Celithemis
Hagen, 1861

Species include:[2]

Notes

  1. Baskinger, G. M., J. L. Ware, D. D. Kornell, M. L. May, and K. M. Kjer. (2008). A phylogeny of Celithemis inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data and morphology (Anisoptera: Libellulidae). Odonatologica 37(2) 101-109.
  2. Celithemis. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

References

  • Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
  • "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  • Dunkle, Sidney W. (2000). Dragonflies through Binoculars. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-511268-7.


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