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White-tailed Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax unimaculata)

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Erythrodiplax unimaculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Erythrodiplax
Species:
E. unimaculata
Binomial name
Erythrodiplax unimaculata
Degeer, 1773

Erythrodiplax unimaculata, also known by its common name white-tailed dragonlet is a species from the genus Erythrodiplax.[1]

Description

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This species has wings with brown tips, but female samples often only have basal spots on the wings. Forewings can have a yellowish shadow. For the hind wings the red-yellow color is somewhat more widespread, diffuse anteriorly and not very sharp up to the 1st antenodal transverse artery and on or a little over the transverse artery of the submedian space [2]

Taxonomy

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Erythrodiplax unimaculata was first described by Charles De Geer in 1773.[3] Monophyly has not yet been determined[4]

Range

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Observation of Erythrodiplax unimaculata have been documented in Brazil,[2][5] Colombia[6] and Peru.[4] Observations aggregated in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility suggest a more wide spread range in the northern have of South America.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Erythrodiplax unimaculata". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
  2. ^ a b Kungl. Svenska vetenskapsakademien.; vetenskapsakademien, Kungl Svenska (1917). Arkiv för zoologi. Vol. 11. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & soner.
  3. ^ a b Registry-Migration.Gbif.Org (2021). "GBIF Backbone Taxonomy". GBIF Secretariat. doi:10.15468/39omei. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ a b Pilgrim, Erik M.; Von Dohlen, Carol D. (January 2008). "Phylogeny of the Sympetrinae (Odonata: Libellulidae): further evidence of the homoplasious nature of wing venation". Systematic Entomology. 33 (1): 159–174. Bibcode:2008SysEn..33..159P. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2007.00401.x. S2CID 84248886.
  5. ^ Koroiva, Ricardo; Neiss, Ulisses Gaspar; Fleck, Günther; Hamada, Neusa (2020). "Checklist of dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of the Amazonas state, Brazil". Biota Neotropica. 20 (1): e20190877. doi:10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2019-0877. ISSN 1676-0611. S2CID 213229709.
  6. ^ Pérez-Gutiérrez, LA; Palacino-Rodríguez, F. (2011). "Updated checklist of the Odonata known from Colombia". Odonatologica. 40: 203.