Lyriothemis
Appearance
Lyriothemis | |
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Forest Chaser | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Libellulidae |
Subfamily: | Libellulinae |
Genus: | Lyriothemis Brauer, 1868 |
Lyriothemis is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae and belong to the suborder Anisoptera, found in eastern Asia. Some members of this genus lay their eggs in water-filled crevices and holes in trees and fallen logs.[1]
Species
The genus contains the following species:[2]
- Lyriothemis acigastra (Selys, 1878)
- Lyriothemis biappendiculata (Selys, 1878)
- Lyriothemis bivittata (Rambur, 1842)
- Lyriothemis cleis Brauer, 1868
- Lyriothemis defonsekai van der Poorten, 2009
- Lyriothemis elegantissima Selys, 1883 - Forest Chaser[3]
- Lyriothemis eurydice Ris, 1909
- Lyriothemis hirundo Ris, 1913
- Lyriothemis latro Needham & Gyger, 1937
- Lyriothemis magnificata (Selys, 1878)
- Lyriothemis meyeri (Selys, 1878)
- Lyriothemis mortoni Ris, 1919
- Lyriothemis pachygastra (Selys, 1878)
- Lyriothemis salva Ris, 1927
- Lyriothemis tricolor Selys, 1919
References
- ^ Silsby, Jill (2001). Dragonflies of the World. Csiro Publishing. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-643-10249-1.
- ^ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2023). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama. Retrieved 14 Mar 2023.
- ^ "Lyriothemis elegantissima". Hong Kong Biodiversity Online. Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department of HKSAR Government. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2010.