| Dythemis | |
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| D. sterilis, Tobago | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Superfamily: | Libelluloidea |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Subfamily: | Trithemistinae |
| Genus: | Dythemis Hagen, 1861 |
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Dythemis is a Neotropical genus of dragonflies in the Libellulidae family, commonly known as Setwings.1
There are seven species. In 2011, it was proposed that D. multipunctata be made a subspecies of D. sterilis, and individuals of the species in the Lesser Antilles be called D. nigra.2
Species
The genus includes the following species:3
| Male | Female | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Dythemis fugax Hagen, 1861 | Checkered Setwing4 | Central America and North America | |
| Dythemis maya Calvert, 1906 | Mayan Setwing4 | Central America and North America | ||
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Dythemis nigra Martin, 18972 | South America | |
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Dythemis nigrescens Calvert, 1899 | Black Setwing4 | Central America and North America | |
| Dythemis rufinervis (Burmeister, 1839) | Caribbean | |||
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Dythemis sterilis Hagen, 1861 | Brown Setwing | Mexico and the Caribbean south through Central America |
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Dythemis velox Hagen, 1861 | Swift Setwing4 | Central America and North America |
References
References
- Paulson, D. R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-12281-6.
- Meurgey, F. and C. Poiron. (2011). The true Dythemis multipunctata Kirby, 1894, from the West Indies and proposed new taxonomic status (Odonata: Anisoptera: Libellulidae). Zootaxa 3019, 51-62.
- Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2010.