Pantala

Pantala
	A wandering dragonfly in Hawaii
Systematics
Order :	Dragonflies (Odonata)
Subordination :	Dragonflies (Anisoptera)
Superfamily :	Libelluloidea
Family :	Libellulidae (Libellulidae)
Subfamily :	Pantalinae
Genre :	Pantala
Scientific name
	Pantala
	Hagen , 1861

The genus Pantala is one of the nine genera of the subfamily Pantalinae . It combines the two species Pantala flavescens and Pantala hymenaea . The genus was established in 1861 by Hagen . The scientific name Pantala means "all wings" and alludes to the large and long wings. Thanks to the migrant dragonfly, which loves to migrate, the distribution area extends roughly up to the 40th degree of latitude or to the 20 ° C isotherms .

features

The species of the Pantala are up to 4.5 cm long and reach wingspans between 7.2 cm and 8.4 cm. The front of the head is yellowish to reddish. The thorax is mostly yellowish / golden with a dark line and insistent. The color of the abdomen is similar to that of the thorax. The wings are not colored and are very broad at the base. The Pantala hymenaea also have a dark spot at the base of their wings.

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^ Henrik Steinmann - World Catalog of Odonata (Volume II Anisoptera) [p. 542f], de Gruyter, 1997, ISBN 3-11-014934-6
↑ ^a ^b Cynthia Berger, Amelia Hansen: Dragonflies . Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA 2004, ISBN 0-8117-2971-0 , pp. 97 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed July 12, 2010]).
↑ M. Samways, R. Osborn: Divergence in a transoceanic circumtropical dragonfly on a remote island . In: Journal of Biogeography . tape 25 , no. 5 , 1998, ISSN 0305-0270 , pp. 935-946 , doi : 10.1046 / j.1365-2699.1998.00245.x .
^ ^A ^b Ross H. Arnett: American insects: a handbook of the insects of America north of Mexico . CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla. 2000, ISBN 0-8493-0212-9 , pp. 128 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed July 13, 2010]).
↑ Thomas Say: Descriptions of new North American neuropterous insects: and observations on some already described . In: Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . tape 8 , no. 1 , 1836, p. 9-46 ( online [accessed July 13, 2010]).

[Steinmann-1] Henrik Steinmann - World Catalog of Odonata (Volume II Anisoptera) [p. 542f], de Gruyter, 1997, ISBN 3-11-014934-6

[Berger-2] Cynthia Berger, Amelia Hansen: Dragonflies . Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA 2004, ISBN 0-8117-2971-0 , pp. 97 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed July 12, 2010]).

[Biogeography-3] M. Samways, R. Osborn: Divergence in a transoceanic circumtropical dragonfly on a remote island . In: Journal of Biogeography . tape 25 , no. 5 , 1998, ISSN 0305-0270 , pp. 935-946 , doi : 10.1046 / j.1365-2699.1998.00245.x .

[Ross_H._jr_Arnett-4] A ^b Ross H. Arnett: American insects: a handbook of the insects of America north of Mexico . CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla. 2000, ISBN 0-8493-0212-9 , pp. 128 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed July 13, 2010]).

[Say-5] Thomas Say: Descriptions of new North American neuropterous insects: and observations on some already described . In: Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . tape 8 , no. 1 , 1836, p. 9-46 ( online [accessed July 13, 2010]).