| Urothemis | |
|---|---|
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| Urothemis signata male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Superfamily: | Libelluloidea |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Urothemis Brauer, 1868[1] |
| Type species | |
| Urothemis bisignata | |
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]
Etymology
The genus name Urothemis is derived from the Greek οὐρά (oura, "tail") and the common dragonfly suffix -themis. The name refers to the long vulvar scale below the female abdomen.[1][4]
Species
The genus Urothemis includes the following species:[5]
| Male | Female | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urothemis abbotti Laidlaw, 1927 | Malaysia | |||
 | Urothemis aliena Selys, 1878 | Red Baron[3] | northern and eastern Australia and New Guinea. | |
 |  | Urothemis assignata (Selys, 1872) | Red Basker[6] | Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Urothemis bisignata Brauer, 1868 | Indonesia | |||
 | Urothemis edwardsii (Selys, 1849) | Blue Basker[7] | Algeria; Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Côte d'Ivoire; Cameroon; Chad; Congo-Brazzaville; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinee-Bissau; Kenya; Liberia; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Republic of South Africa; Rwanda; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Sudan; Sudan; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe | |
| Urothemis luciana Balinsky, 1961 | St Lucia Basker[8] | Mozambique; Republic of South Africa | ||
| | Urothemis signata (Rambur, 1842) | greater crimson glider | - India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China and Indochina, Australia and New Guinea |
 | Urothemis thomasi Longfield, 1932 | Oman, United Arab Emirates. |
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.
- Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625.
- Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
- Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2016). "Urothemis assignata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T60072A86822554. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60072A86822554.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- Boudot, J.-P.; Clausnitzer, V.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Suhling, F.; Samraoui, B.; Schneider, W. (2016). "Urothemis edwardsii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T60073A83876779. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60073A83876779.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- 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.