Crocothemis

Crocothemis
Crocothemis servilia mariannae from East Asia
Systematics
Order : Dragonflies (Odonata) Subordination : Dragonflies (Anisoptera) Superfamily : Libelluloidea Family : Libellulidae (Libellulidae) Subfamily : Sympetrinae Genre : Crocothemis
Scientific name
Crocothemis
Brewer , 1868

Crocothemis is a genus of dragonflies (Anisoptera) from the subfamily Sympetrinae and wasset upin 1868 by Friedrich Moritz Brauer . The species of this genus are distributed worldwide. One of the reasons for this is that some species, such as Crocothemis servilia, colonizenew habitats .

features

Crocothemis species are medium-sized dragonflies and grow to be 41 to 43 millimeters in size. Most representatives are bright red, only Crocothemis sanguinolenta and Crocothemis nigrifrons are orange and blue, respectively.

Systematics

The following species belong to the genus Crocothemis :

• Crocothemis brevistigma
• Crocothemis crocea
• Crocothemis divisa
• Fire dragonfly ( Crocothemis erythraea )
  • Crocothemis erythraea erythraea
  • Crocothemis erythraea chaldaeorum
• Crocothemis indica
• Crocothemis misrai
• Crocothemis nigrifrons
• Crocothemis saxicolor
• Crocothemis sanguinolenta
• Crocothemis servilia
  • Crocothemis servilia servilia
  • Crocothemis servilia mariannae

credentials

1. ↑ ^{a b} Jill Silsby: Dragonflies of the World. The National History Museum, 2001, ISBN 0-565-09165-4 , p. 169.
2. ^ Rosser W. Garrison, Natalia von Ellenrieder , Jerry A. Louton: Dragonfly genera of the New World . An illustrated and annotated key to the Anisoptera. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Md 2006, ISBN 0-8018-8446-2 , pp. 232 f .
3. ^ Henrik Steinmann: World Catalog of Odonata. Volume II: Anisoptera. de Gruyter, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-11-014934-6 , p. 435.