Brachythemis
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Brachythemis is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. They are commonly known as groundlings.
Species
The genus contains the following species:[1]
| Male | Female | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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| File:Brachythemis contaminata-male.jpg | File:Brachythemis contaminata-female.jpg | Brachythemis contaminata (Fabricius, 1793)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ditch jewel[2] | Asia |
| File:Brachythemis fuscopalliata.jpg | Brachythemis fuscopalliata (Selys, 1887)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | dark-winged groundling[3] | Iran, Iraq, Israel, Syria, and Turkey. | |
| File:'Brachythemis impartita' (Northern Banded Groundling). - Flickr - gailhampshire (1).jpg | File:'Brachythemis impartita' (Northern Banded Groundling). Female - Flickr - gailhampshire.jpg | Brachythemis impartita (Karsch, 1890)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | northern banded groundling[4] | southern Europe and the Middle East. |
| File:Red Groundling (Brachythemis lacustris) male (11965838824).jpg | File:Brachythemis lacustris.jpg | Brachythemis lacustris (Kirby, 1889)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | red groundling[5] | Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. |
| File:Southern banded groundling (Brachythemis leucosticta) male.jpg | File:Banded groundling dragonfly (Brachythemis leucosticta) female.jpg | Brachythemis leucosticta (Burmeister, 1839)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | banded groundling[6] | Eastern and central Africa and Madagascar. |
| Brachythemis wilsoni Pinhey, 1952Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Wilson's groundling[7] | Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, possibly Botswana, and possibly Kenya |
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Taxonomy
The banded groundling is one of Africa's most familiar and abundant dragonflies. It has only recently been identified as being two separate species, B. leucosticta and the new taxon B. impartita.[8]
References
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