Dasythemis
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| Karsch , 1889 |
Dasythemis is a genus of dragonflies consisting of four species. The genus belongs to the subfamily Sympetrinae and wasdescribedby Ferdinand Karsch in 1889 . As Generotyp an animal of the hitherto unknown species served Dasythemis liriopa that than today Dasythemis Venosa is known. The distribution area extends from Guyana to Argentina.
features
Dasythemis species are medium-sized dragonflies and reach lengths between 31 and 39 millimeters. The abdomen is brown to black with yellowish stripes. With age, a dust-like layer covers the abdomen in males. The genus can be distinguished from other genera on the basis of the shape of the abdominal appendages . The wings are transparent. The last antenodal loader in the front wing is complete, so it extends from the Costa loader to the radial artery .
Habitat
The Imagines of the genus Dasythemis live in ponds and swamps where they wait on branches sitting on prey.
Systematics
The following species belong to the genus Dasythemis :
credentials
- ^ A b c d Garrison, von Ellenrieder , Louton: Dragonfly Genera of the New World. [S. 233f], The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 2006, ISBN 0801884462