Boyeria
Genus of dragonflies
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Boyeria is a genus of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae, commonly called spotted darners. They occur in temperate North America and Eurasia.[1]
| Boyeria | |
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| Fawn darner (Boyeria vinosa) in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Aeshnidae |
| Genus: | Boyeria McLachlan, 1896 |
The name Boyeria commemorates the French entomologist Etienne Laurent Joseph Hippolyte Boyer de Fonscolombe[2]
The genus contains the following seven described species:[3]
- Boyeria cretensis Peters, 1991 – Cretan spectre[4]
- Boyeria grafiana Williamson, 1907 – ocellated darner[5]
- Boyeria irene (Fonscolombe, 1838) – western spectre[6]
- Boyeria jamjari Jung, 2011
- Boyeria karubei Yokoi, 2002
- Boyeria maclachlani Selys, 1883
- Boyeria sinensis Asahina, 1978
- Boyeria vinosa (Say, 1840) – fawn darner[5]
