Eleuthemis
| Eleuthemis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Superfamily: | Libelluloidea |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Eleuthemis Ris, 1910 |
Eleuthemis, or firebelly, is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. There are currently five species in this genus.
Distribution
Eleuthemis are found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.[1][2][3][4]
Species
Species:[5]
- Eleuthemis buettikoferi Ris, 1910
- Eleuthemis eogaster Dijkstra, 2015
- Eleuthemis libera Dijkstra & Kipping, 2015
- Eleuthemis quadrigutta Pinhey, 1974
- Eleuthemis umbrina Dijkstra & Lempert, 2015
References
- ↑ Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B. Lempert (2003-06-30). "Odonate assemblages of running waters in the Upper Guinean forest". Archiv für Hydrobiologie. 157 (3): 397–412. doi:10.1127/0003-9136/2003/0157-0397. ISSN 0003-9136.
- ↑ "Critical species of Odonata in eastern Africa". Worldwide Dragonfly Association. doi:10.1080/13887890.2004.9748209. Retrieved 2026-08-18.
- ↑ Kipping, Jens; Clausnitzer, Viola; Elizalde, Sara R. F. Fernandes; Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B. (2017-04-12). "The dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) of Angola". African Invertebrates. 58 (1): 65–91. doi:10.3897/afrinvertebr.58.11382. ISSN 2305-2562.
- ↑ Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe; Kipping, Jens; Mézière, Nicolas (2015). "Sixty new dragonfly and damselfly species from Africa (Odonata)" (PDF). Odonatologica. 44 (4): 447–678.
- ↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.