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English species names of Subfamily Sympetrinae Tillyard, 1917


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

Order
 		Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies		170
1701
15422		Families
Genera
Species
FamilyLibellulidae
Rambur, 1842
Chasers, Common Skimmer, Common Skimmers, Darters		249
3234		Genera
Species
SubfamilySympetrinae
Tillyard, 1917
23
569		Genera
Species


A
Acarlet skimmerCrocothemis servilia Drury, 1773
Antillean DragonletErythrodiplax justiniana Selys in Sagra, 1857
Asian AmberwingBrachythemis contaminata Fabricius, 1793
Asian PintailAcisoma panorpoides Rambur, 1842
Attenborough’s PintailAcisoma attenboroughi Mens, Schütte, Stokvis & Dijkstra, 2016
Autumn DarterSympetrum frequens Selys, 1883
Autumn meadowhawkSympetrum vicinum Hagen, 1861


B
Band-winged DragonletErythrodiplax umbrata Linnaeus, 1758
Band-winged meadowhawkSympetrum semicinctum Say, 1840
Banded darterSympetrum pedemontanum O. F. Müller in Allioni, 1766
Banded GroundlingBrachythemis impartita Karsch, 1890
Banded GroundlingBrachythemis leucosticta Burmeister, 1839
BarbetDiplacodes luminans Karsch, 1893
Barbet PercherDiplacodes luminans Karsch, 1893
Black darterSympetrum danae Sulzer, 1776
Black Darter DamselflySympetrum danae Sulzer, 1776
Black marsh skimmerIndothemis carnatica Fabricius, 1798
Black meadowhawkSympetrum danae Sulzer, 1776
Black Meadowhawk UsaSympetrum danae Sulzer, 1776
Black PercherDiplacodes lefebvrii Rambur, 1842
Black PondhawkErythemis attala Selys in Sagra, 1857
Black SympetrumSympetrum danae Sulzer, 1776
Black-faced PercherDiplacodes melanopsis Martin, 1901
Black-headed skimmerCrocothemis nigrifrons Kirby, 1894
Black-Legged SympetrumSympetrum striolatum Charpentier, 1840
Black-tipped DarterDiplacodes nebulosa Fabricius, 1793
Black-tipped ground skimmerDiplacodes nebulosa Fabricius, 1793
Black-tipped percherDiplacodes nebulosa Fabricius, 1793
Black-winged DragonletErythrodiplax funerea Hagen, 1861
Blackburn dragonflyNesogonia blackburni McLachlan, 1883
Blackburn's skimmerNesogonia blackburni McLachlan, 1883
Blackfaced percherDiplacodes melanopsis Martin, 1901
Blackfaced Percher DragonflyDiplacodes melanopsis Martin, 1901
Blackheaded skimmerCrocothemis nigrifrons Kirby, 1894
Blue dasherPachydiplax longipennis Burmeister, 1839
Blue DashersPachydiplax Brauer, 1868
Blue ground skimmerDiplacodes trivialis Rambur, 1842
Blue PercherDiplacodes trivialis Rambur, 1842
Blue Scarlet DragonflyCrocothemis nigrifrons Kirby, 1894
Blue-faced meadowhawkSympetrum ambiguum Rambur, 1842
BlueboltCyanothemis simpsoni Ris, 1915
Broad ScarletCrocothemis erythraea Brullé, 1832
Bromeliad DragonletErythrodiplax bromeliicola Westfall in Needham, Westfall & May, 2000


C
Canopy SkimmerNothodiplax dendrophila Belle, 1984
Canopy SkimmerNothodiplax Belle, 1984
Cardinal meadowhawkSympetrum illotum Hagen, 1861
Cardinal RedskimmerRhodopygia cardinalis Erichson, 1848
Chalky PercherDiplacodes trivialis Rambur, 1842
Charcoal-winged PercherDiplacodes nebulosa Fabricius, 1793
Charcoalwinged percherDiplacodes nebulosa Fabricius, 1793
Cherry-faced meadowhawkSympetrum internum Montgomery, 1943
Claret PondhawkErythemis mithroides Brauer, 1900
Common darterSympetrum striolatum Charpentier, 1840
Common darterSympetrum nigrescens Charpentier, 1840
Common PondhawkErythemis simplicicollis Say, 1839
Common Scarlet-darterCrocothemis erythraea Brullé, 1832
Common SympetrumSympetrum striolatum Charpentier, 1840
Common/ Highland Darter DragonflySympetrum striolatum Charpentier, 1840
Crimson DarterCrocothemis servilia Drury, 1773


D
Dark-winged GroundlingBrachythemis fuscopalliata Selys, 1887
Darter DragonflySympetrum Newman, 1833
DartersSympetrum Newman, 1833
Decorated GrasshawkNeurothemis decora Kaup in Brauer, 1866
Desert darterSympetrum sinaiticum Dumont, 1977
Ditch JewelBrachythemis contaminata Fabricius, 1793
Divisa scarletCrocothemis divisa Karsch, 1898
Don-DwalaBradinopyga cornuta Ris, 1911
DragonletsErythrodiplax Brauer, 1868
Dwarf darterSympetrum haritonovi Borisov, 1983
Dwarf PercherDiplacodes pumila Dijkstra, 2006


E
Eastern Band-winged MeadowhawkSympetrum semicinctum semicinctum
Eastern PondhawkErythemis simplicicollis Say, 1839
Eastern Scarlet DarterCrocothemis servilia Drury, 1773


F
Filigree SkimmerPseudoleon superbus Hagen, 1861
Flame-tailed PondhawkErythemis peruviana Rambur, 1842
Flecked Wall-skimmerBradinopyga cornuta Ris, 1911
Foot-tipped DarterSympetrum eroticum Selys, 1883
Four-square GroundlingBrachythemis leucosticta Burmeister, 1839
Fulvous Forest SkimmerNeurothemis fulvia Drury, 1773


G
Granite GhostBradinopyga geminata Rambur, 1842
Granite scarletCrocothemis saxicolor Ris, 1921
Great PondhawkErythemis vesiculosa Fabricius, 1775
Green ClearwingErythemis simplicicollis Say, 1839
Grizzled pintailAcisoma inflatum Selys, 1882
Grizzled PintailAcisoma panorpoides Rambur, 1842
Grizzled PintailAcisoma ascalaphoides Rambur, 1842
Grizzled PintailAcisoma variegatum Rambur, 1842
Ground SkimmerDiplacodes trivialis Rambur, 1842
GroundlingsBrachythemis Brauer, 1868


H
Highland DarterSympetrum nigrescens Charpentier, 1840
Highland DarterSympetrum striolatum nigrescens Lucas, 1912
Highland DarterSympetrum striolatum Charpentier, 1840
Horned Rock-dwellerBradinopyga cornuta Ris, 1911
Horned rockdwellerBradinopyga cornuta Ris, 1911


I
Island darterSympetrum nigrifemur Selys, 1884
Island DarterSympetrum striolatum nigrifemur Ris, 1911
Ivory PintailAcisoma trifida Kirby, 1889
Ivory PintailAcisoma trifidum Kirby, 1889


J
Jane'S MeadowhawkSympetrum janeae Carle, 1993
Janes MeadowhawkSympetrum janeae Carle, 1993
Jane´s MeadowhawkSympetrum janeae Carle, 1993


K
Konkan rockdwellerBradinopyga konkanensis Joshi & Sawant, 2020


L
Little Blue DragonletErythrodiplax minuscula Rambur, 1842
Little PercherDiplacodes deminuta Lieftinck, 1969
Little scarletCrocothemis sanguinolenta Burmeister, 1839
Littoral PintailAcisoma ascalaphoides Rambur, 1842
Luminous PercherDiplacodes luminans Karsch, 1893


M
MeadowhawksSympetrum Newman, 1833
Moustached darterSympetrum vulgatum Linnaeus, 1758


N
NomadSympetrum fonscolombei Selys, 1840
NomadSympetrum fonscolombii Selys, 1840
Northern Banded GroundlingBrachythemis impartita Karsch, 1890


O
Oriental ScarletCrocothemis servilia Drury, 1773


P
Paaddyfield parasolNeurothemis intermedia Rambur, 1842
Paddyfield parasolNeurothemis intermedia Rambur, 1842
Painted GrasshawkNeurothemis stigmatizans Fabricius, 1775
Painted Grasshawk DragonflyNeurothemis stigmatizans Fabricius, 1775
PerchersDiplacodes Kirby, 1889
Pied Paddy SkimmerNeurothemis tullia Drury, 1773
Pied paddy skimmerNeurothemis tullia tullia Drury, 1773
Pied PercherNeurothemis tullia Drury, 1773
Pied PintailAcisoma trifidum Kirby, 1889
Pin-tailed PondhawkErythemis plebeja Burmeister, 1839
PintailAcisoma panorpoides Rambur, 1842
PintailsAcisoma Rambur, 1842
Plain DarterSympetrum vulgatum decoloratum Selys, 1884
Plateau DragonletErythrodiplax basifusca Calvert, 1895
PondhawksErythemis Hagen, 1861
Pygmy percherNannodiplax rubra Brauer, 1868


R
Red ArrowRhodothemis lieftincki Fraser, 1954
Red GroundlingBrachythemis lacustris Kirby, 1889
Red PercherDiplacodes bipunctata Brauer, 1865
Red Percher DragonflyDiplacodes bipunctata Brauer, 1865
Red PondhawkErythemis haematogastra Burmeister, 1839
Red Rock-dwellerBradinopyga strachani Kirby, 1900
Red RockdwellerBradinopyga strachani Kirby, 1900
Red-faced DragonletErythrodiplax fusca Rambur, 1842
Red-mantled DragonletErythrodiplax fervida Erichson, 1848
Red-veined DarterSympetrum fonscolombei Selys, 1840
Red-veined darterSympetrum fonscolombii Selys, 1840
Red-veined Darter DragonflySympetrum fonscolombii Selys, 1840
Red-veined meadowhawkSympetrum madidum Hagen, 1861
Red-veined SympetrumSympetrum fonscolombii Selys, 1840
Restless demonIndothemis limbata Selys, 1891
Rock scarletCrocothemis divisa Karsch, 1898
Ruby DarterRhodothemis rufa Rambur, 1842
Ruby meadowhawkSympetrum rubicundulum Say, 1840
Ruddy darterSympetrum sanguineum Müller, 1764
Ruddy SympetrumSympetrum sanguineum Müller, 1764
Rufous marsh gliderRhodothemis rufa Rambur, 1842
Russet PercherNeurothemis fulvia Drury, 1773


S
Saffron Winged MeadowhawkSympetrum costiferum Hagen, 1861
Saffron-winged meadowhawkSympetrum costiferum Hagen, 1861
Scarlet darterCrocothemis erythraea Brullé, 1832
Scarlet DragonflyCrocothemis erythraea Brullé, 1832
Scarlet PercherDiplacodes haematodes Burmeister, 1839
Scarlet SkimmerCrocothemis servilia Drury, 1773
Seaside DragonletErythrodiplax berenice Drury, 1773
SkimmerErythemis plebeja Burmeister, 1839
SkimmersCrocothemis Brauer, 1868
Slender pintailAcisoma variegatum Rambur, 1842
Slender RedskimmerRhodopygia hollandi Calvert, 1907
Slender scarletCrocothemis divisa Karsch, 1898
Slender scarlet-darterCrocothemis divisa Karsch, 1898
Slim scarlet-darterCrocothemis sanguinolenta Burmeister, 1839
Small scarletCrocothemis sanguinolenta Burmeister, 1839
Southern Banded GroundlingBrachythemis leucosticta Burmeister, 1839
Southern darterSympetrum meridionale Selys, 1841
Spine–legged redboltRhodothemis rufa Rambur, 1842
Spot-winged MeadowhawkSympetrum signiferum Cannings & Garrison, 1991
Spotted darterSympetrum depressiusculum Selys, 1841
Spotted GrasshawkNeurothemis oligoneura Brauer, 1867
St. Helena darterSympetrum dilatatum Calvert, 1892
Stout pintailAcisoma inflatum Selys, 1882
Striped meadowhawkSympetrum pallipes Hagen, 1874


T
Talamanca meadowhawkSympetrum nigrocreatum Calvert, 1920
Tiny PercherDiplacodes deminuta Lieftinck, 1969
Trumpet-tailAcisoma panorpoides panorpoides Rambur, 1842


V
Vagrant darterSympetrum vulgatum Linnaeus, 1758
Vagrant SympetrumSympetrum vulgatum Linnaeus, 1758
Variegated meadowhawkSympetrum corruptum Hagen, 1861


W
Wandering PercherDiplacodes bipunctata Brauer, 1865
Western MeadowhawkSympetrum semicinctum Say, 1840
Western MeadowhawkSympetrum occidentale Bartenef, 1915
Western PondhawkErythemis collocata Hagen, 1861
White-faced meadowhawkSympetrum obtrusum Hagen, 1861
White-tipped demonIndothemis carnatica Fabricius, 1798
Wilson's GroundlingBrachythemis wilsoni Pinhey, 1952
Wilson´s GroundlingBrachythemis wilsoni Pinhey, 1952


Y
Yellow-legged meadowhawkSympetrum vicinum Hagen, 1861
Yellow-legged meadowhawk autumn meadowhawkSympetrum vicinum Hagen, 1861
Yellow-winged darterSympetrum flaveolum Linnaeus, 1758
Yellow-Winged SympetrumSympetrum flaveolum Linnaeus, 1758