Diastatops

Diastatops
	Diastatops obscura
Systematics
Order :	Dragonflies (Odonata)
Subordination :	Dragonflies (Anisoptera)
Superfamily :	Libelluloidea
Family :	Libellulidae (Libellulidae)
Subfamily :	Palpopleurinae
Genre :	Diastatops
Scientific name
	Diastatops
	Rambur , 1842

Diastatops is a genus of eight species of dragonfly belonging to the subfamily Palpopleurinae and wasfirst describedin 1842 by Jules Pierre Rambur . The distribution area extends east of the Andes from Colombia down to the Argentine lowlands of the Río Paraná . In the east, the flight area extends to the Atlantic coast of Brazil .

features

Diastatops species are small to medium-sized animals and grow to be 25 to 32 millimeters long. Within the sail dragonflies , these are the only species whose eyes do not touch on the top of the head. Your chest ( thorax ) and abdomen ( abdomen ) are colored brown. The wings are usually dark in color or have a brownish pattern. The veins of the hind wings are partly reddish to yellowish in color at the base.

habitat

The adult animals hunt on reeds and grass near pools and marshes .

Systematics

The genus was first established by Rambur in 1842 based on Libellula pullata . The last revision of the genus was in 1940 by Basil Elwood Montgomery . The following species belong to the genus Diastatops :

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c ^d Garrison, von Ellenrieder , Louton: Dragonfly Genera of the New World . Johns Hopkins University Press , 2006, ISBN 0-8018-8446-2 , pp. 234f.

[Garrison-1] A ^b ^c ^d Garrison, von Ellenrieder , Louton: Dragonfly Genera of the New World . Johns Hopkins University Press , 2006, ISBN 0-8018-8446-2 , pp. 234f.