| Dragonlets | |
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| E. umbrata, Band-winged dragonlet, Jamaica | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Odonata | 
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera | 
| Family: | Libellulidae | 
| Subfamily: | Sympetrinae | 
| Genus: | Erythrodiplax Brauer, 1868  | 
| Type species | |
| Erythrodiplax diversa | |
Erythrodiplax is a large Neotropical genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. These small to medium-sized skimmers are commonly known as dragonlets.[1]
Species
The genus contains the following species:[2]
- Erythrodiplax abjecta (Rambur, 1842)
 - Erythrodiplax acantha Borror, 1942
 - Erythrodiplax amazonica Sjöstedt, 1918
 - Erythrodiplax ana (Guillermo-Ferreira & Vilela, 2016)
 - Erythrodiplax anatoidea Borror, 1942
 - Erythrodiplax andagoya Borror, 1942
 - Erythrodiplax angustipennis Borror, 1942
 - Erythrodiplax anomala (Brauer, 1865)
 - Erythrodiplax atroterminata Ris, 1911
 - Erythrodiplax attenuata (Kirby, 1889)
 - Erythrodiplax avittata Borror, 1942
 - Erythrodiplax basalis (Kirby, 1897)
 - Erythrodiplax basifusca (Calvert, 1895) - Plateau Dragonlet[3]
 - Erythrodiplax berenice (Drury, 1773) - Seaside Dragonlet[3]
 - Erythrodiplax branconensis Sjöstedt, 1929
 - Erythrodiplax bromeliicola Westfall in Needham, Westfall & May, 2000 - Bromeliad Dragonlet[4]
 - Erythrodiplax castanea (Burmeister, 1839)
 - Erythrodiplax cauca Borror, 1942
 - Erythrodiplax chromoptera Borror, 1942
 - Erythrodiplax cleopatra Ris, 1911
 - Erythrodiplax clitella Borror, 1942
 - Erythrodiplax connata (Burmeister, 1839)
 - Erythrodiplax corallina (Brauer, 1865)
 - Erythrodiplax diversa (Navás, 1916)
 - Erythrodiplax famula (Erichson, 1848)
 - Erythrodiplax fervida (Erichson, 1848)
 - Erythrodiplax fulva Borror, 1957
 - Erythrodiplax funerea (Hagen, 1861) - Black-winged Dragonlet[3]
 - Erythrodiplax fusca (Rambur, 1842) - Red-faced Dragonlet[3]
 - Erythrodiplax gomesi Santos, 1946
 - Erythrodiplax hyalina Förster, 1907
 - Erythrodiplax ines Ris, 1911
 - Erythrodiplax juliana Ris, 1911
 - Erythrodiplax justiniana (Selys in Sagra, 1857)
 - Erythrodiplax kimminsi Borror, 1942
 - Erythrodiplax latimaculata Ris, 1911
 - Erythrodiplax lativittata Borror, 1942
 - Erythrodiplax laurentia Borror, 1942
 - Erythrodiplax leticia Machado, 1996
 - Erythrodiplax longitudinalis (Ris, 1919)
 - Erythrodiplax luteofrons Santos, 1956
 - Erythrodiplax lygaea Ris, 1911
 - Erythrodiplax maculosa (Hagen, 1861)
 - Erythrodiplax media Borror, 1942
 - Erythrodiplax melanica Borror, 1942
 - Erythrodiplax melanorubra Borror, 1942
 - Erythrodiplax minuscula (Rambur, 1842) - Little Blue Dragonlet[3]
 - Erythrodiplax nigricans (Rambur, 1842)
 - Erythrodiplax nivea Borror, 1942
 - Erythrodiplax ochracea (Burmeister, 1839)
 - Erythrodiplax pallida (Needham, 1904)
 - Erythrodiplax paraguayensis (Förster, 1904)
 - Erythrodiplax parvimaculata Borror, 1942
 - Erythrodiplax solimaea Ris, 1911
 - Erythrodiplax tenuis Borror, 1942
 - Erythrodiplax transversa Borror, 1957
 - Erythrodiplax umbrata (Linnaeus, 1758) - Band-winged Dragonlet[3]
 - Erythrodiplax unimaculata (de Geer, 1773)
 - Erythrodiplax venusta (Kirby, 1897)
 
Gallery
E. abjecta, female, Colombia
E. minuscula, male little blue dragonlet, Florida, United States
E. umbrata, immature male band-winged dragonlet, Jamaica
E. umbrata, female band-winged dragonlet, Jamaica
E. basalis, female dragonlet, Jamaica
E. fusca, male red-faced dragonlet, Tobago
E. famula, female reddish dragonlet, Tobago
E. umbrata, male band-winged dragonlet, Cuba
E. fervida, female red-mantled dragonlet, Grand Cayman
References
- ↑ Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-12281-6.
 - ↑ 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.
 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
 - ↑ Paulson, D. R. (2009). "Erythrodiplax bromeliicola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T59717A11995316. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T59717A11995316.en.
 
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