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List of Odonata species of Taiwan

The following is a list of Odonata species found in Taiwan. The total number of species, with damselflies and dragonflies, recorded is 156, within including 14 endemic species and 10 endemic subspecies.

Anisoptera edit

Aeshnidae edit

Aeshna edit

  • Aeshna petalura taiyal Asahina, 1938 ※endemic subspecies

Anaciaeschna edit

  • Anaciaeschna jaspidea (Burmeister, 1839)
  • Anaciaeschna martini Selys, 1897

Anax edit

  • Anax guttatus (Burmeister, 1839)
  • Anax nigrofasciatus nigrofasciatus Oguma, 1915
  • Anax panybeus Hagen, 1867
  • Anax parthenope julius Brauer, 1865

Cephaleschna edit

  • Cephalaeschna risi Asahina, 1981

Gynacantha edit

  • Gynacantha bayadera Selys, 1891
  • Gynacantha hyalina Selys, 1882
  • Gynacantha japonica Bartenef, 1909
  • Gynacantha ryukyuensis Asahina, 1962
  • Gynacantha saltatrix Martin, 1909

Periaeschna magdalena edit

  • Periaeschna magdalena Martin, 1909

Planaeschna edit

  • Planaeschna ishigakiana flavostria Yeh, 1996 ※endemic subspecies
  • Planaeschna risi risi Asahina, 1964
  • Planaeschna taiwana Asahina, 1951 ※endemic species

Polycanthagyna edit

  • Polycanthagyna erythromelas (McLachlan, 1896)
  • Polycanthagyna melanictera (Selys, 1883)
  • Polycanthagyna ornithocephala (McLachlan, 1896)

Sarasaeschna edit

  • Sarasaeschna lieni (Yeh et Chen, 2000) ※endemic species
  • Sarasaeschna pyanan (Asahina, 1915) ※endemic species
  • Sarasaeschna tsaopiensis (Yeh et Chen, 2000) ※endemic species

Gomphidae edit

Anisogomphus edit

  • Anisogomphus koxingai Chao, 1954
  • Anisogomphus maacki (Selys, 1872)

Asiagomphus edit

  • Asiagomphus hainanensis (Chao, 1953)
  • Asiagomphus pacificus (Chao, 1953)
  • Asiagomphus perlaetus (Chao, 1953)
  • Asiagomphus septimus (Needham, 1930)

Bumagomphus edit

  • Bumagomphus vermicularis (Matin, 1904)

Fukienogomphus edit

  • Fukienogomphus prometheus (Lieftinck, 1939)

Gomphidia edit

  • Gomphidia confluens Selys, 1878
  • Gomphidia kruegeri fukienensis Chao, 1955

Heliogomphus edit

  • Heliogomphus retroflexus (Ris, 1912)

Ictinogomphus edit

  • Ictinogomphus rapax (Rambur, 1842)

Lamelligomphus edit

  • Lamelligomphus formosanus (Matsumursa, 1926)

Leptogomphus edit

  • Leptogomphus sauteri Ris, 1912
    • L. s. formosanus Matsumura, 1926 ※endemic species
    • L. s. sauteri Ris, 1912 ※endemic species

Merogomphus edit

  • Merogomphus paviei Martin, 1904

Sieboldius edit

  • Sieboldius deflexus (Chao, 1955)

Sinictinogomphus edit

  • Sinictinogomphus clavatus (Fabricius, 1775)

Sinogomphus edit

  • Sinogomphus formosanus Asahina, 1951 ※endemic species

Stylogomphus edit

  • Stylogomphus change Asahina, 1968 ※endemic species
  • Stylogomphus shirozui shirozui Asahina, 1966 ※endemic species

Stylurus edit

  • Stylurus takashii (Asahina, 1966) ※endemic species

Cordulegastridae edit

 
Anotogaster sieboldii

Anotogaster edit

  • Anotogaster flaveola Lohemann, 1993 ※endemic species
  • Anotogaster sieboldii (Selys, 1854)

Chlorogomphus edit

  • Chlorogomphus brevistigma Oguma, 1926 ※endemic species
  • Chlorogomphus risi Chen, 1950 ※endemic species
  • Chlorogomphus splendidus Selys, 1878
  • Chlorogomphus suzukii (Oguma, 1926)

Cordullidae edit

Epophthalmia edit

  • Epophthalmia elegans (Brauer, 1865)

Hemicordulia edit

  • Hemicordulia mindana nipponica Asahina, 1980

Macromia edit

  • Macromia chui Asahina, 1968 ※endemic species
  • Macromia clio Ris, 1916
  • Macromia urania Ris, 1916

Macromidia edit

  • Macromidia ishidai Asahina, 1964 [1]

Somatochlora edit

  • Somatochlora taiwana Inoue and Yokota, 2001 ※endemic species

Libellulidae edit

 
Pantala flavescens

Acisoma edit

Agrionoptera edit

  • Agrionoptera insignis similis Selys, 1879

Brachydiplax edit

  • Brachydiplax chalybea flavovittata Ris, 1911

Brachythemis edit

  • Brachythemis contaminata (Fabricius, 1793)

Cratilla edit

Crocothemis edit

  • Crocothemis servilia servilia (Drury, 1770)

Deielia edit

  • Deielia phaon (Selys, 1883)

Diplacodes edit

  • Diplacodes trivialis (Rambur, 1842)

Hydrobasileus edit

Lathrecisata edit

  • Lathrecisata asiatica asiatica (Frbricius, 1798)

Lyriothemis edit

  • Lyriothemis flava Oguma, 1915
  • Lyriothemis elegantissima Selys, 1883

Macrodiplax edit

  • Macrodiplax cora (Brauer, 1867)

Nannophya edit

  • Nannophya pygmaea Rambur, 1842

Nannophyopsis edit

  • Nannophyopsis clara (Needham, 1930)

Neurothemis edit

Onychothemis edit

  • Onychothemis testacea tonkinensis Martin, 1904

Orthetrum edit

  • Orthetrum albistyla speciosum (Uhler, 1858)
  • Orthetrum glaucum (Brauer, 1865)
  • Orthetrum japonicum internum McLachlan, 1894
  • Orthetrum luzonicum (Brauer, 1868)
  • Orthetrum melania (Selys, 1883)
  • Orthetrum pruinosum (Burmeister, 1839)
    • O. p. clelia (Selys, 1878)
    • O. p. neglectum (Rambur, 1842)
  • Orthetrum sabina sabina (Drury, 1770)
  • Orthetrum testaceum testaceum (Burmeister, 1839)
  • Orthetrum triangulare (Selys, 1878)

Pantala edit

  • Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798)

Potamarcha edit

  • Potamarcha congener congener (Rambur, 1842)

Pseudothemis edit

  • Pseudothemis zonata (Burmeister, 1839)

Rhyothemis edit

  • Rhyothemis regia regia (Brauer, 1867)
  • Rhyothemis fuliginosa Selys, 1883
  • Rhyothemis severini Ris, 1913
  • Rhyothemis triangularis Kirby, 1889
  • Rhyothemis variegate arria (Drury, 1773)

Sympetrum edit

  • Sympetrum baccha baccha (Selys, 1884)
  • Sympetrum darwinianum (Selys, 1883)
  • Sympetrum eroticum ardens (McLachlan, 1894)
  • Sympetrum kunckeli (Selys, 1884)
  • Sympetrum cordulegaster (Selys, 1883)
  • Sympetrum depressiusculum (Selys, 1841)
  • Sympetrum speciosum taiwanum Asahina, 1951 ※endemic subspecies
  • Sympetrum fonscolombei (Selys, 1840)

Tholymis edit

  • Tholymis tillarga (Fabricius, 1798)

Tramea edit

  • Tramea transmarina Brauer, 1867
    • T. t. euryale (Selys, 1878)
    • T. t. propinqua (Lieftinck, 1942)
  • Tramea Virginia (Rambur, 1842)

Trithemis edit

  • Trithemis aurora (Burmeister, 1839)
  • Trithemis festiva (Rambur, 1842)
  • Trithemis pallidinervis (Kirby, 1889)

Urothemis edit

  • Urothemis signata yiei Asahina, 1972 ※endemic subspecies

Zygonyx edit

  • Zygonyx takasago Asahina, 1966

Zyxomma edit

  • Zyxomma obtusum Albarda, 1881 [1]
  • Zyxomma petiolatum Rambur, 1842

Zygoptera edit

Coenagrionidae edit

 
Ischnura senegalensis

Aciagrion migratum edit

  • Aciagrion migratum (Selys, 1876)

Agriocnemis edit

  • Agriocnemis femina oryzae Lieftinck, 1962
  • Agriocnemis pygmaea (Rambur, 1842)

Ceriagrion edit

  • Ceriagrion auranticum ryukyuanum Asahina, 1967
  • Ceriagrion fallax fallax Ris, 1914
  • Ceriagrion melanurum Selys, 1876
  • Ceriagrion nipponicum Asahina, 1967

Ischnura edit

  • Ischnura asiatica (Brauer, 1865)
  • Ischnura aurora aurora (Brauer, 1865)
  • Ischnura senegalensis (Rambur, 1842)

Mortonagrion edit

  • Mortonagrion hirosei Asahina, 1972
  • Mortonagrion selenion (Ris, 1916)

Onychargia edit

  • Onychargia atrocyana Selys, 1865

Paracercion edit

  • Paracercion calamorum dyeri (Fraser, 1919)
  • Paracercion sexlineatum (Selys, 1883)
  • Paracercion sieboldii (Selys, 1876)

Pseudagrion edit

  • Pseudagrion microcephalum (Rambur, 1842)
  • Pseudagrion pilidorsum pilidorsum (Brauer, 1868)

Platycnemididae edit

Calicnemia edit

  • Calicnemia eximia (Selys, 1863)

Coeliccia edit

  • Coeliccia cyanomelas Ris, 1912
  • Coeliccia flavicauda flavicauda Ris, 1912 ※endemic subspecies

Copera edit

  • Copera ciliata (Selys, 1863)
  • Copera marginipes (Rambur, 1842)

Protoneuridae edit

  • Prodasineura croconota (Ris, 1916)

Euphaeidae edit

Bayadera edit

  • Bayadera brevicauda brevicauda Fraser, 1928 ※endemic subspecies

Euphaea edit

  • Euphaea formosa Hagen, 1869 ※endemic species

Lestidae edit

Indolestes edit

  • Indolestes cyaneus (Selys, 1862)

Lestes edit

  • Lestes concinnus Hagen, 1862
  • Lestes praemorsus decipiens Kirby 1893

Orolestes edit

  • Orolestes selysi McLachlan, 1895

Megapodagrionidae edit

  • Rhipidolestes aculeatus aculeatus Ris, 1912

Synlestidae edit

Megalestes edit

  • Megalestes maai Chen, 1947

Sinolestes edit

Calopterygidae edit

Matrona edit

  • Matrona cyanoptera Hamalainen and Yeh, 2000 ※endemic species

Mnais edit

  • Mnais andersoni tenuis Oguma, 1913

Neurobasis edit

  • Neurobasis chinensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Psolodesmus edit

  • Psolodesmus mandarinus McLachlan, 1870
    • P. m. dorothea Williamson, 1904 ※endemic subspecies
    • P. m. mandarinus McLachlan, 1870 ※endemic subspecies

Chlorocyphidae edit

Aristocypha edit

  • Aristocypha baibarana (Matsumura, 1931) ※endemic species

Heliocypha edit

  • Heliocypha perforate perforate (Percheron, 1835)

Libellago edit

  • Libellago lineata lineata (Burmeister, 1839)

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c Wen-Chi Yeh（葉文琪）; Hsin-Chieh Tang（唐欣潔）; Szu-Lung Chen（陳賜隆）; Mei-Hua Tsou（曹美華） (2006). "Three dragonflies (Odonata) newly recorded in Taiwan". Formosan Entomologist. 26: 187–195.

References edit

  • Yeh W. C., H. I. Chiou, H. C. Tang, J. H. Wu and S. L. Chen. 2007. Three Species of Dragonflies Newly Recorded to Taiwan. Endemic Species Research 9(2)：53-62.
  • M. A. Lieftinck, J. C. Lien（連日清） & T. C. Maa（馬駿超） (1984). "Catalogue of Taiwanese dragonflies (Insecta:Odonata)（臺灣蜻蜓目錄）". Asian Ecological Society.
  • Trueman, John W. H. & Rowe, Richard J. (2008): Tree of Life Web Project – Odonata. Dragonflies and damselflies. Version of 2008-MAR-20. Retrieved 2008-DEC-15.

External links edit

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