Tetrathemis
Genus of dragonflies
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Tetrathemis is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.[2][3] Species of Tetrathemis are found in Africa, Madagascar, Asia, New Guinea and Australia.[4]
| Tetrathemis | |
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| Tetrathemis platyptera male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Subfamily: | Tetrathemistinae |
| Genus: | Tetrathemis Brauer, 1868[1] |
Species
The genus Tetrathemis includes the following species:[3]
- Tetrathemis camerunensis (Sjöstedt, 1900)
- Tetrathemis corduliformis Longfield, 1936
- Tetrathemis denticauda Fraser, 1954
- Tetrathemis flavescens Kirby, 1889
- Tetrathemis fraseri Legrand, 1977 - treefall elf
- Tetrathemis godiardi Lacroix, 1921
- Tetrathemis irregularis Brauer, 1868 - rainforest elf[5]
- Tetrathemis irregularis cladophila - Tillyard, 1908 - rainforest elf
- Tetrathemis leptoptera Selys, 1877
- Tetrathemis longfieldae Legrand, 1977
- Tetrathemis platyptera Selys, 1878
- Tetrathemis polleni (Selys, 1877) - black-splashed elf[6]
- Tetrathemis ruwensoriensis Fraser, 1941
- Tetrathemis victoriae (Pinhey, 1963)
- Tetrathemis yerburii Kirby, 1893
