| Celithemis | |
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| Halloween pennant (C. eponina) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Superfamily: | Libelluloidea |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Subfamily: | Leucorrhiniinae |
| Genus: | Celithemis Hagen, 1861 |
Celithemis is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. They are known commonly as pennants. There are eight species in this monophyletic genus. They are mainly distributed in eastern North America.1
Species
Species include:2
| Male | Female | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Celithemis amanda (Hagen, 1861) | Amanda's pennant | southeastern United States | |
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Celithemis bertha Williamson, 1922 | red-veined pennant | North America. | |
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Celithemis elisa (Hagen, 1861) | calico pennant | eastern Canada and eastern United States. |
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Celithemis eponina (Drury, 1773) | Halloween pennant | eastern North America, including Ontario in Canada and the United States as far west as Colorado. |
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Celithemis fasciata Kirby, 1889 | banded pennant | United States |
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Celithemis martha Williamson, 1922 | Martha's pennant | North America |
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Celithemis ornata (Rambur, 1842) | ornate pennant | Central America, North America, and South America |
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Celithemis verna Pritchard, 1935 | double-ringed pennant | North America. |
Notes
Notes
- Baskinger, G. M., J. L. Ware, D. D. Kornell, M. L. May, and K. M. Kjer. (2008). A phylogeny of Celithemis inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data and morphology (Anisoptera: Libellulidae). Odonatologica 37(2) 101-109.
- Celithemis. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
References
References
- Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
- "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- Dunkle, Sidney W. (2000). Dragonflies through Binoculars. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-511268-7.
External links
External links
- Celithemis. Discover Life.
- Media related to Celithemis at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Celithemis at Wikispecies