Biology:Lyriothemis

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Short description: Genus of dragonflies

Lyriothemis
Pangkin - dragonfly (by).jpg
Forest Chaser
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Subfamily: Libellulinae
Genus: Lyriothemis
Brauer, 1868

Lyriothemis is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae and belong to the suborder Anisoptera, found in eastern Asia. Some members of this genus lay their eggs in water-filled crevices and holes in trees and fallen logs.[1]

Species

The genus contains the following species:[2]

Male Female Scientific name Distribution
Lyriothemis acigastra male in Kadavoor.jpg 120px Lyriothemis acigastra (Selys, 1878) Burma, China and Tibet
Lyriothemis biappendiculata (Selys, 1878) Peninsular Malaysia
Lyriothemis bivittata (Rambur, 1842) India, Bhutan, Bangladesh
Lyriothemis cleis Brauer, 1868 Bangladesh; Brunei; India; Indonesia; Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak); Myanmar; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand
Lyriothemis defonsekai.jpg Lyriothemis defonsekai van der Poorten, 2009 Sri Lanka
Pangkin - dragonfly (by).jpg Lyriothemis elegantissima Selys, 1883 - Forest Chaser[3] Thailand, China
Lyriothemis eurydice Ris, 1909 Celebes
Lyriothemis hirundo Ris, 1913 New Guinea
Lyriothemis latro Needham & Gyger, 1937 Philippines
Lyriothemis magnificata (Selys, 1878) Thailand, Borneo
Lyriothemis meyeri (Selys, 1878) New Guinea
Lyriothemis mortoni Ris, 1919 India, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam
Lyriothemis pachygastra male3.JPG Lyriothemis pachygastra(Female,Japan,2018.04.18).jpg Lyriothemis pachygastra (Selys, 1878) China, Japan
Lyriothemis salva Ris, 1927 Indonesia.
Lyriothemis tricolor Ris, 1919 (4).jpg 120px Lyriothemis tricolor Selys, 1919 Bangladesh, China, India, Japan, Myanmar, and Taiwan.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1939694 entry