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Genus Plathemis - Whitetails

Common Whitetail Dragon Fly? - Plathemis lydia - female

common Whitetail - Plathemis lydia - male

Common Whitetail - Plathemis lydia - female

Brown dragonfly with spotted wings - Plathemis lydia

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)

Suborder Anisoptera (Dragonflies)

Family Libellulidae (Skimmers)

Genus Plathemis (Whitetails)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

included in Libellula by some authors

Numbers

2 species in North America (Odonata of North America)

Internet References

taxonomy (Odonata of North America)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 25 March, 2005 - 11:41pm

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