Erythrodiplax

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

Dragonlets
E. umbrata, Band-winged dragonlet, Jamaica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Erythrodiplax
Brauer, 1868

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)
  • E. minuscula, male little blue dragonlet, Florida, United States
  • E. umbrata, immature male band-winged dragonlet, Jamaica
  • E. umbrata, female band-winged dragonlet, Jamaica
  • E. basalis, female dragonlet, Jamaica
  • E. fusca, male red-faced dragonlet, Tobago
  • E. famula, female reddish dragonlet, Tobago
  • E. umbrata, male band-winged dragonlet, Cuba
  • E. fervida, female red-mantled dragonlet, Grand Cayman

References
  1. Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-12281-4.
  2. Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  3. "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  4. 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. Retrieved 24 December 2017.


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