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Genus of dragonflies

Tauriphila
Male garnet glider
Tauriphila australis, Panama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Subfamily: Trameinae
Tribe: Trameini
Genus: Tauriphila
W. F. Kirby, 1889

Tauriphila is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. They are commonly known as Pasture Gliders. The species are neotropical with two, the Garnet and Aztec Gliders reaching the southern USA.

Species

The genus contains the following species:

Male Female Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Tauriphila argo (Hagen, 1869) Arch-tipped Glider South America
Tauriphila australis (Hagen, 1867) Garnet Glider South Florida, Central and South America
Tauriphila argo (Hagen, 1869) Arch-tipped glider South America
Tauriphila azteca Calvert, 1906 Aztec Glider Central America and North America
Tauriphila risi Martin, 1896 South America
Tauriphila xiphea Ris, 1913 South America

References

  1. ^ Dunkle, Sidney W. (1989). Dragonflies of the Florida peninsula, Bermuda, and the Bahamas. Gainesville, FL: Scientific Publishers. p. 120. ISBN 0-945417-23-3.
  2. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
  3. ^ "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
Taxon identifiers
Tauriphila


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