Tetrathemis
| Tetrathemis | |
|---|---|
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| Tetrathemis platyptera male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Superfamily: | Libelluloidea |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Subfamily: | Tetrathemistinae |
| Genus: | Tetrathemis Brauer, 1868[1] |
Tetrathemis is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.[2][3] Species of Tetrathemis are found in Africa, Madagascar, Asia, New Guinea and Australia.[4]
Species
The genus Tetrathemis includes the following species:[3]
- Tetrathemis camerunensis (Sjöstedt, 1900)
- Tetrathemis corduliformis Longfield, 1936
- Tetrathemis denticauda Fraser, 1954
- Tetrathemis flavescens Kirby, 1889
- Tetrathemis fraseri Legrand, 1977 - treefall elf
- Tetrathemis godiardi Lacroix, 1921
- Tetrathemis irregularis Brauer, 1868 - rainforest elf[5]
- Tetrathemis irregularis cladophila - Tillyard, 1908 - rainforest elf
- Tetrathemis leptoptera Selys, 1877
- Tetrathemis longfieldae Legrand, 1977
- Tetrathemis platyptera Selys, 1878
- Tetrathemis polleni (Selys, 1877) - black-splashed elf[6]
- Tetrathemis ruwensoriensis Fraser, 1941
- Tetrathemis victoriae (Pinhey, 1963)
- Tetrathemis yerburii Kirby, 1893
Etymology
The genus name Tetrathemis is derived from the Greek τετρα- (tetra, "four") and -themis, from Greek Θέμις (Themis), the goddess of divine law, order and justice. In early odonate taxonomy, names ending in -themis were widely used for dragonflies. The name refers to the apparently four-sided triangle in the wings.[1][7]
References
- 1 2 Brauer, Friedrich (1868). "Neue und wenig bekannte vom Herrn Doct. Semper gesammelte Odonaten". Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (in German). 18: 167–188 [182] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ↑ "Genus Tetrathemis Brauer, 1868". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- 1 2 Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
- ↑ Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. p. 278. ISBN 0643051368.
- ↑ Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
- ↑ Samways, Michael J. (2008). The Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa. Pensoft. ISBN 978-954-642-330-6.
- ↑ Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625.
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