Trithemis

Trithemis
Trithemis annulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Subfamily: Trithemistinae
Genus: Trithemis
Brauer, 1868

Trithemis is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. They are commonly known as dropwings. There are over 40 species, mainly from Africa; two are endemic to Madagascar, and five can be found in Asia.[1] They are found in a wide variety of habitats; some species being adapted to permanent streams in forests, and others being capable of breeding in temporary pools in deserts.[2]

Species

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The genus contains the following species:[3]

Male Female Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Trithemis aconita Lieftinck, 1969 monkshood dropwing,[4] halfshade dropwing[1] Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi
Trithemis aenea Pinhey, 1961 bronze dropwing[1] Western and Central Africa.
Trithemis aequalis Lieftinck, 1969 swamp dropwing[1] Botswana, Namibia, and Zambia.
Trithemis africana (Brauer, 1867) western phantom dropwing[5] Western and Central Africa, in Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Côte d'Ivoire.
Trithemis annulata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1807) violet dropwing,[4][6] violet-marked darter[7] Africa, in the Middle East, in the Arabian Peninsula and southern Europe.
Trithemis anomala Pinhey, 1955 striped dropwing[1] Zambia
Trithemis arteriosa (Burmeister, 1839) red-veined dropwing[4] Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia,Zimbabwe, Crete, Cyprus, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestinian Territory, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
Trithemis aurora (Burmeister, 1839) crimson marsh glider[8] Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
Trithemis basitincta Ris, 1912 Angola, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone
Trithemis bifida Pinhey, 1970 shadow dropwing[1] Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Tanzania.
Trithemis bredoi Fraser, 1953 river dropwing[1] Gondokoro, Sudan
Trithemis brydeni Pinhey, 1970 percher-like dropwing[1] Botswana and Zambia.
Trithemis congolica Pinhey, 1970 Congo dropwing[1] Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon
Trithemis dejouxi Pinhey, 1978 stonewash dropwing[1] Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Central African Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Republic of Guinea
Trithemis dichroa Karsch, 1893 small dropwing,[9] black dropwing[1] Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia.
Trithemis donaldsoni (Calvert, 1899) denim dropwing[4] Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Republic of South Africa, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Trithemis dorsalis (Rambur, 1842) round-hook dropwing,[4] highland dropwing[1] Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Kenya, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, possibly Burundi, and possibly Malawi
Trithemis ellenbeckii Förster, 1906 Ethiopian dropwing[1] Ethiopia.
Trithemis festiva (Rambur, 1842) indigo dropwing,[6] black stream glider[8] Greece, Cyprus and Turkey, throughout Asia to New Guinea
Trithemis fumosa Pinhey, 1962 Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon
Trithemis furva Karsch, 1899 navy dropwing[4] Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Trithemis grouti Pinhey, 1961 black dropwing,[10] dark dropwing[1] Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda, and Zambia.
Trithemis hartwigi Pinhey, 1970 superb dropwing[1] Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.
Trithemis hecate Ris, 1912 silhouette dropwing,[4] hecate dropwing[11] Botswana, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gambia, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi.
Trithemis hinnula Dijkstra, Mézière & Kipping, 2015 mule dropwing[12] Gabon
Trithemis imitata Pinhey, 1961 copycat dropwing[1] Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.
Trithemis integra Dijkstra, 2007 Albertine dropwing[1] Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Uganda
Trithemis kalula Kirby, 1900 pretty dropwing[1] Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinee-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Republic of Guinea, Sierra Leone
Trithemis kirbyi Selys, 1891 orange-winged dropwing,[6] Kirby's dropwing[4] Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinee-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Republic of South Africa, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Trithemis legrandi Dijkstra, Mézière & Kipping, 2015[12] robust dropwing[12] Cameroon, Gabon
Trithemis lilacina Förster, 1899 Indonesia
Trithemis longistyla (Fraser, 1953) Democratic Republic of the Congo
Trithemis monardi Ris, 1931 Monard's dropwing,[13] fluttering dropwing[1] Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Trithemis morrisoni Damm & Hadrys, 2009 rapids dropwing[1] Namibia, Zambia
Trithemis nigra Longfield, 1936 São Tomé and Príncipe
Trithemis nuptialis Karsch, 1894 hairy-legged dropwing[14] Angola, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
Trithemis osvaldae d'Andrea & Carfi, 1997 Cameroon, Gabon
Trithemis pallidinervis (Kirby, 1889) long-legged marsh glider[8] Asia
Trithemis palustris Damm & Hadrys, 2009 marsh dropwing[1] Namibia
Trithemis persephone Ris, 1912 Madagascar
Trithemis pluvialis Förster, 1906 riffle-and-reed dropwing,[4] river dropwing,[15] russet dropwing[1] Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Republic of South Africa, Rwanda, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Trithemis pruinata Karsch, 1899 cobalt dropwing[1] Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Republic of Guinea, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia
Trithemis selika Selys, 1869 Madagascar
Trithemis stictica (Burmeister, 1839) jaunty dropwing[4] Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Republic of South Africa, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Trithemis werneri Ris, 1912 elegant dropwing[4] Angola, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi.

References

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  10. ^ Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2016). "Trithemis grouti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T60059A86128396. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60059A86128396.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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  14. ^ Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2016). "Trithemis nuptialis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T60064A86136750. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60064A86136750.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  15. ^ Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F. (2016). "Trithemis pluvialis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T60065A86140049. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60065A86140049.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.


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