Celithemis

Celithemis
Halloween Pennant (C. eponina)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Epiprocta
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Genus:	Celithemis Hagen, 1861

Celithemis is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. They are known commonly as pennants. There are eight species in this monophyletic genus. They are mainly distributed in eastern North America.^[1]

Species include:^[2]

• Celithemis amanda (Hagen, 1861) – Amanda's pennant
• Celithemis bertha Williamson, 1922 – red-veined pennant
• Celithemis elisa (Hagen, 1861) – calico pennant
• Celithemis eponina (Drury, 1773) – Halloween pennant
• Celithemis fasciata Kirby, 1889 – banded pennant
• Celithemis martha Williamson, 1922 – Martha's pennant
• Celithemis ornata (Rambur, 1842) – ornate pennant
• Celithemis verna Pritchard, 1935 – double-ringed pennant

Notes

1. Baskinger, G. M., J. L. Ware, D. D. Kornell, M. L. May, and K. M. Kjer. (2008). A phylogeny of Celithemis inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data and morphology (Anisoptera: Libellulidae). Odonatologica 37(2) 101-109.
2. Celithemis. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

References

• Martin Schorr, Martin Lindeboom, Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 3 Oct 2013.
• "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
• Dunkle, Sidney W. (2000). Dragonflies through Binoculars. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-511268-7.

External links

• Celithemis. Discover Life.
• Media related to Celithemis at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Celithemis at Wikispecies