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Genus Pantala - Rainpool Gliders

Wandering Glider - Pantala flavescens - male

With little brown field at base of the hind wings - Pantala hymenaea

Golden Yellow Dragonfly with gold wing tips - Pantala flavescens

Spot-winged Glider - Pantala hymenaea - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)

Suborder Anisoptera (Dragonflies)

Family Libellulidae (Skimmers)

Genus Pantala (Rainpool Gliders)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pantala Hagen, 1861

Explanation of Names

Fliedner and Martens (2008) give the origin as Greek pant "all" plus ale, "wandering or roaming without home or hope of rest", describing the cosmopolitan distribution and vagrant behavior.

Numbers

2 North American species: flavescens and hymenaea (1)

See Also

Saddlebags--Tramea

Print References

Fliedner, H. and Martens, A. The meaning of the scientific names of Seychelles dragonflies (Odonata). Phelsuma 16 (2008); 49-57 (PDF)

Works Cited

1.	Dragonfly Society of the Americas. 2012. North American Odonata

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 6 December, 2004 - 9:51pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 27 June, 2011 - 3:16pm

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