Urothemis

Urothemis
	Urothemis signata male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Genus:	Urothemis; Brauer, 1868[1]

Urothemis is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.[2] Species of Urothemis can be medium-sized dragonflies which occur from Africa, across Asia to Indonesia and Australia.[3]

Urothemis signata, female

Species

The genus Urothemis includes the following species:[4]

Urothemis abbotti Laidlaw, 1927
Urothemis aliena Selys, 1878 - Red Baron[3]
Urothemis assignata (Selys, 1872) - Red Basker[5]
Urothemis bisignata Brauer, 1868
Urothemis consignata Selys, 1897
Urothemis edwardsii (Selys, 1849) - Blue Basker[6]
Urothemis luciana Balinsky, 1961 - St Lucia Basker[7]
Urothemis signata (Rambur, 1842)
Urothemis thomasi Longfield, 1932

References

Brauer, F. (1868). "Neue und wenig bekannte vom Herrn Doct. Semper gesammelte Odonaten". Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (in German). 18: 167–188 [175] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
"Genus Urothemis Brauer, 1868". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F. & Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2009). "Urothemis assignata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2011.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
Suhling, F. & Clausnitzer, V. (2008). "Urothemis edwardsii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2011.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
Suhling, F. & Samways, M.J. (2010). "Urothemis luciana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T22816A9389698. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T22816A9389698.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.

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[1] Brauer, F. (1868). "Neue und wenig bekannte vom Herrn Doct. Semper gesammelte Odonaten". Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (in German). 18: 167–188 [175] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[AFD-2] "Genus Urothemis Brauer, 1868". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2017.

[OZ-3] Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.

[4] Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.

[5] Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F. & Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2009). "Urothemis assignata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2011.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url

[6] Suhling, F. & Clausnitzer, V. (2008). "Urothemis edwardsii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2011.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url

[7] Suhling, F. & Samways, M.J. (2010). "Urothemis luciana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T22816A9389698. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T22816A9389698.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.