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Taxonomy of Genus Crocothemis Brauer, 1868
Skimmers


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
315
2742
23344
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
212
1837
15688
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies
170
1701
15422
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Epiprocta
Lohmann, 1996
23
670
8007
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Anisoptera
Berthold, 1827
Dragonflies, True Dragonflies
21
667
8003
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Libelluloidea
Selys, 1840
10
336
4255
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyLibellulidae
Rambur, 1842
Chasers, Common Skimmer, Common Skimmers, Darters
249
3234
Genera
Species
SubfamilySympetrinae
Tillyard, 1917
23
569
Genera
Species
GenusCrocothemis
Brauer, 1868
Skimmers
38Species
Subnodes of Crocothemis Brauer, 1868
SpeciesCrocothemis adolescens Kirby, 1900  ⇒ Crocothemis divisa
SpeciesCrocothemis arabica Schneider, 1982  ⇒ Eublemma dissecta
SpeciesCrocothemis brevistigma Pinhey, 1961
SpeciesCrocothemis chaldaeorum Morton, 1920
SpeciesCrocothemis coccinea Charpentier, 1840  ⇒ Crocothemis erythraea
SpeciesCrocothemis corocea Navas, 1918
SpeciesCrocothemis crocea Navas, 1917
SpeciesCrocothemis cruentata Hagen in Selys, 1878  ⇒ Rhodothemis rufa
SpeciesCrocothemis divisa Karsch, 1898
Divisa scarlet, Rock scarlet, Slender scarlet
SpeciesCrocothemis erythraea Brullé, 1832
Broad Scarlet, Common Scarlet-darter, Scarlet darter
3Subspecies
SpeciesCrocothemis ferrugaria Rambur, 1842  ⇒ Crocothemis sanguinolenta
SpeciesCrocothemis ferruginata Fabricius, 1781  ⇒ Crocothemis servilia
SpeciesCrocothemis flavostigma Navás, 1932  ⇒ Crocothemis servilia
SpeciesCrocothemis ikutana Foerster, 1906  ⇒ Eublemma delicatula
SpeciesCrocothemis indica Sahni, 1965  ⇒ Crocothemis servilia
SpeciesCrocothemis inquinata Rambur, 1842
SpeciesCrocothemis lorti Kirby, 1896  ⇒ Crocothemis erythraea
SpeciesCrocothemis misrai Baijal & Agarwal, 1956  ⇒ Trithemis aurora
SpeciesCrocothemis nigrifrons Kirby, 1894
Black-headed skimmer, Blackheaded skimmer
SpeciesCrocothemis novaguineensis Foerster, 1898  ⇒ Crocothemis servilia
SpeciesCrocothemis papuana Foerster, 1910  ⇒ Eublemma dinawa
SpeciesCrocothemis pygmaea Foerster, 1906  ⇒ Eublemma dissecta
SpeciesCrocothemis rageshri Sathe & Shinde, 2007
SpeciesCrocothemis reticulata Kirby, 1886  ⇒ Crocothemis servilia
SpeciesCrocothemis rubra de Villers, 1789
SpeciesCrocothemis sanguinolenta Burmeister, 1839
Little scarlet, Slim scarlet-darter, Small scarlet
2Subspecies
SpeciesCrocothemis saxicolor Ris, 1921
Granite scarlet
SpeciesCrocothemis servilia Drury, 1773
Acarlet skimmer, Crimson Darter, Eastern Scarlet Darter
2Subspecies
SpeciesCrocothemis soror Rambur, 1842  ⇒ Crocothemis servilia
SpeciesCrocothemis striata Lohmann, 1981
SpeciesCrocothemis victoria Fourcroy, 1785  ⇒ Crocothemis erythraea

Synonyms
Beblecia (Kirby, 1900)
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Crocothemis
GermanFeuerlibellen
EnglishSkimmers
DutchVuurlibellen
DanishFlammelibeller


Distribution of Crocothemis Brauer, 1868
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, East Timor, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic South Africa, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, USA, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe


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