Boyeria
Western spectre (Boyeria irene)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Aeshnidae
Genus: Boyeria
McLachlan, 1896

Boyeria is a genus of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae, commonly called spotted darners. They occur in temperate North America and Eurasia.[1]

The name Boyeria commemorates the French entomologist Etienne Laurent Joseph Hippolyte Boyer de Fonscolombe[2]

The genus contains the following seven described species:[3]

  • Boyeria cretensis Peters, 1991 – Cretan spectre[4]
  • Boyeria grafiana Williamson, 1907 – ocellated darner[5]
  • Boyeria irene (Fonscolombe, 1838) – western spectre[6]
  • Boyeria jamjari Jung, 2011
  • Boyeria karubei Yokoi, 2002
  • Boyeria maclachlani Selys, 1883
  • Boyeria sinensis Asahina, 1978
  • Boyeria vinosa (Say, 1840) – fawn darner[5]

References

  1. Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-12281-6.
  2. Berger, Cynthia (2004). Dragonflies: Wild Guide. Stackpole Books. ISBN 0-8117-2971-0.
  3. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2023). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  4. Boudot, J.-P. (2010). "Boyeria cretensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T60307A12341708. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-1.RLTS.T60307A12341708.en.
  5. 1 2 "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  6. "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2010.


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