Tauriphila
| Tauriphila | |
|---|---|
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| Male garnet glider Tauriphila australis, Panama | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Anisoptera |
| Superfamily: | Libelluloidea |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Subfamily: | Trameinae |
| Tribe: | Trameini |
| Genus: | Tauriphila W. F. Kirby, 1889 |
Tauriphila is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. They are commonly known as Pasture Gliders. The species are neotropical with two, the Garnet and Aztec Gliders reaching the southern USA.
Species
The genus contains the following species:
| Male | Female | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Tauriphila argo (Hagen, 1869) | Arch-tipped Glider | South America | |
| Tauriphila australis (Hagen, 1867) | Garnet Glider | South Florida, Central and South America | |
| Tauriphila argo (Hagen, 1869) | Arch-tipped glider | South America | |
 | Tauriphila azteca Calvert, 1906 | Aztec Glider | Central America and North America | |
| Tauriphila risi Martin, 1896 | South America | |||
| Tauriphila xiphea Ris, 1913 | South America | |||
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Dunkle, Sidney W. (1989). Dragonflies of the Florida peninsula, Bermuda, and the Bahamas. Gainesville, FL: Scientific Publishers. p. 120. ISBN 0-945417-23-3.
- ↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
- 1 2 3 4 "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
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