Tramea

Tramea
Exemplar of Tramea from the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Family:	Libellulidae
Subfamily:	Trameinae
Tribe:	Trameini
Genus:	Tramea Hagen, 1861

Tramea is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae, the skimmers and perchers. They typically have colored bases to their otherwise translucent hindwings. In particular when they fly, this creates the impression of their carrying bags at the start of their abdomens. They are known commonly as saddlebags^[1] or saddlebags gliders.^[2]

List of species

The genus contains the following species,^[3][4] some of which have several subspecies:^[5]

• Tramea abdominalis (Rambur, 1842) – Vermilion Saddlebags^[6]
• Tramea aquila Lieftinck, 1942
• Tramea basilaris (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805) – Keyhole Glider, Wheeling Glider, Red Marsh Trotter^[7]
  • Tramea basilaris burmeisteri Kirby, 1889
• Tramea binotata (Rambur, 1842) – Sooty Saddlebags^[6]
• Tramea calverti Muttkowski, 1910 – Striped Saddlebags^[6]
• Tramea carolina (Linnaeus, 1763) – Carolina Saddlebags^[6]
• Tramea cophysa Hagen, 1867
• Tramea eurybia Selys, 1878
  • Tramea eurybia monticola Lieftinck, 1942
• Tramea insularis Hagen, 1861 – Antillean Saddlebags^[6]
• Tramea lacerata Hagen, 1861 – Black Saddlebags^[6]
• Tramea liberata Lieftinck, 1949
  • Tramea liberata lieftincki (Watson, 1967)
• Tramea limbata (Desjardins, 1832) – Ferrugineus Glider, Voyaging Glider,^[8] Black Marsh Trotter^[9]
• Tramea loewii Kaup in Brauer, 1866 – Common Glider^[10]
• Tramea minuta De Marmels & Rácenis, 1982
• Tramea onusta Hagen, 1861 – Red Saddlebags,^[6] Red-mantled Saddlebags^[11]
• Tramea phaeoneura Lieftinck, 1953
• Tramea rosenbergi Brauer, 1866
• Tramea rustica De Marmels & Rácenis, 1982
• Tramea stenoloba (Watson, 1962)
• Tramea transmarina Brauer, 1867 – Red Glider^[12]
  • Tramea euryale Selys, 1878
  • Tramea transmarina intersecta Lieftinck, 1975
  • Tramea propinqua Lieftinck, 1942
  • Tramea samoensis Brauer, 1867^[4]
• Tramea virginia (Rambur, 1842)

References

1. Tramea. Atlas of Living Australia.
2. Winterbourn, M. J., Pohe, S. R., & Ball, O. P. (2011). Establishment of larval populations of the dragonfly Tramea loewii Kaup, 1866 (Odonata: Libellulidae) in lakes of northern New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 38(2), 173-179.
3. Tramea. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
4. Martin Schorr, Martin Lindeboom, Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
5. odonata.info (2005)
6. "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
7. Dow, R.A. (2009). "Tramea basilaris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
8. Clausnitzer, V. (2010). "Tramea limbata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
9. Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India (PDF).
10. Theischinger, G.; Hawking, J. (2007). The complete field guide to dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 978-0-643-09073-6.
11. Dunkle, S. W. (2000). Dragonflies through Binoculars. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 219. ISBN 0-19-511268-7.
12. Wilson, K. D. P., Rowe, R. & Marinov, M. (2011). "Tramea transmarina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 17 January 2012.