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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Pondhawks (Erythemis)

Genus Erythemis - Pondhawks

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Works Cited
Great Pondhawk - Erythemis vesiculosa - female Common Pondhawk? - Erythemis simplicicollis - female Pin-tailed Pondhawk - Erythemis plebeja - female Eastern Pondhawk - Erythemis simplicicollis - male Teneral Eastern Pondhawk - Erythemis simplicicollis Green Dragonfly - Erythemis simplicicollis - male Eastern PondHawk - Erythemis simplicicollis - male Eastern Pondhawk - Erythemis simplicicollis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)
Suborder Anisoptera (Dragonflies)
Family Libellulidae (Skimmers)
Genus Erythemis (Pondhawks)
Explanation of Names
Author of genus is Hagen, 1861. From eryth- (?), Greek, meaning red, plus the ubiquitous suffix -themis. This is from Greek, first used by Hagen in 1861, and it means "what has been established", i.e., rule, or law. Themis was also a goddess of order and justice. However, it is possible the suffix was also simply based on the Greek suffixes -hemis (half), or -emis. See this Odonata list post by KD Dijkstra.
Numbers
Odonata of North America lists 7 species.
Dunkle, p. 211, lists 5 species. (1)
Works Cited
1.Dragonflies Through Binoculars: A Field Guide to Dragonflies of North America
By Sidney W. Dunkle
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 5 July, 2007 - 5:34am

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