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.[1] The species are neotropical with two, the Garnet and Aztec Gliders reaching the southern USA.[1]

Species

The genus contains the following species:[2]

MaleFemaleScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Tauriphila argo (Hagen, 1869)Arch-tipped Glider[3]South America
Tauriphila australis (Hagen, 1867)Garnet Glider[3][1]South Florida, Central and South America
Tauriphila argo (Hagen, 1869)Arch-tipped glider[3][1]South America
Tauriphila azteca Calvert, 1906Aztec Glider[3][1]Central America and North America
Tauriphila risi Martin, 1896South America
Tauriphila xiphea Ris, 1913South America


References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 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. (2023). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama. Retrieved 14 Mar 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
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