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Genus Plathemis - Whitetails

Dragonfly ID request - Plathemis lydia Common Whitetail - Plathemis lydia - male Some type of Baskettail Dragonfly? - Plathemis lydia - female Common Whitetail - Plathemis lydia - female Immature male common whitetail - Plathemis lydia - male Common whitetail dragonfly - Plathemis lydia - male Dragonfly - Plathemis lydia - male Plathemis lydia - 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 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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