Libellulinae
| Libellulinae | |
|---|---|
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| Libellula vibrans | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Anisoptera |
| Superfamily: | Libelluloidea |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Subfamily: | Libellulinae Leach, 1815 |
Libellulinae is a subfamily of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. This subfamily currently contains 29 genera. Genetic evidence suggests that this subfamily is monophyletic. The subfamily Libellulinae represents 70% of the species in the superfamily Libelluloidea.
Description
The defining characteristics of Libellulinae are having: a smooth back edge to their eyes; a sulcus (a groove on the second thorax segment) that is S-shaped instead of straight; and second and third abdominal segments with many transverse carinae (raised ridges).
Genera
- Aethiothemis Martin, 1908
- Agrionoptera Brauer, 1864
- Amphithemis Selys, 1891
- Boninthemis (Matsumura, 1913)
- Cannaphila Kirby, 1889
- Cratilla Kirby, 1900
- Dythemis Hagen, 1861
- Diplacina Brauer, 1868
- Epithemis Laidlaw, 1955
- Hadrothemis Karsch, 1891
- Ladona Needham, 1897
- Lathrecista Kirby, 1889
- Libellula Linnaeus, 1758
- Lokia Ris, 1919
- Lyriothemis Brauer, 1868
- Misagria Kirby, 1889
- Nesciothemis Longfield, 1955
- Nesoxenia Kirby, 1889
- Notolibellula Theischinger & Watson, 1977
- Orchithemis Brauer, 1878
- Orthemis Hagen, 1861
- Orthetrum Newman, 1833
- Oxythemis Ris, 1910
- Phyllothemis Fraser, 1935
- Plathemis Hagen, 1861
- Pornothemis Krüger, 1902
- Potamarcha Karsch, 1890
- Protorthemis Kirby, 1889
- Thermorthemis Kirby, 1889
References
- ↑ Kirby, W. F. (1889). "XIII. A Revision of the Subfamily Libellulinœ, with Descriptions of New Genera and Species". The Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 12 (9): 249–348. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1889.tb00016.x. ISSN 1469-7998.
- 1 2 "The classification and diversity of extant dragonflies and damselflies". Worldwide Dragonfly Association. doi:10.48156/1388.2026.1917385. Retrieved 2026-08-19.
- ↑ Bybee, Seth M.; Ogden, T. Heath; Branham, Marc A.; Whiting, Michael F. (August 2008). "Molecules, morphology and fossils: a comprehensive approach to odonate phylogeny and the evolution of the odonate wing". Cladistics. 24 (4): 477–514. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2007.00191.x. ISSN 0748-3007. PMID 34879634.
- ↑ Davies, D. (1981). "A synopsis of the extant genera of the Odonata". Society International Odonatologica Rapid Communications. 3: 1–59.
- ↑ Carle, F.L.; Kjer, K.M. (2002). "Phylogeny of Libellula Linnaeus (Odonata: Insecta)". Zootaxa. 87 (1): 1–18. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.87.1.1.