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Dragonflies of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil

This is the list of species recognized to occur in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, listed in Anjos-Santos & Santos (2006) Zootaxa and Carvalho & Nessimian (1998) Oecologia Brasiliensis, and the list of species from the REGUA reserve available here ...more ↓

Blue-grey Skimmer 1
Dasythemis esmeralda
Dusty Skimmer
Dasythemis venosa
Blue-eyed Setwing 2
Dythemis nigra
Carmelita Pondhawk
Erythemis carmelita
Red Pondhawk 3
Erythemis haematogastra
Pin-tailed Pondhawk 4
Erythemis plebeja
Mottled Dragonlet 5
Erythrodiplax avittata
Leaf-hugging Dragonlet 1
Erythrodiplax castanea
Reddish Dragonlet 6
Erythrodiplax famula
Black-mantled Dragonlet 7
Erythrodiplax latimaculata
Silver-clouded Dragonlet
Erythrodiplax laurentia
Black-and-blue Dragonlet
Erythrodiplax media
Red-and-blue Dragonlet 8
Erythrodiplax melanorubra
Dot-winged Sylph
Gynothemis venipunctata
Amazon Pennant
Idiataphe amazonica
Auburn Pennant
Idiataphe longipes
Attenuate Sylph
Macrothemis extensa
Pale-brown Sylph
Macrothemis heteronycha
Ivory-striped Sylph 9
Macrothemis imitans
Marbled Sylph
Macrothemis marmorata
Dusty Sylph
Macrothemis rupicola
Pin-tailed Sylph
Macrothemis tenuis
Waterfall Sylph
Macrothemis tessellata
Hyacinth Glider 10
Miathyria marcella
Blue-grey Dasher
Micrathyria athenais
Bow-tailed Dasher
Micrathyria catenata
Swamp Dasher
Micrathyria laevigata
Little Swamp Dasher 1
Micrathyria pseudeximia
Pastel-coloured Dasher
Micrathyria spinifera
Stripe-tailed Dasher
Micrathyria spuria
Pale-footed Dasher
Micrathyria tibialis
Glossy-fronted Dryad
Nephepeltia flavifrons
River Leafsitter
Oligoclada abbreviata
Laetitia Leafsitter
Oligoclada laetitia
Side-striped Skimmer
Orthemis aequilibris
Brown-and-red Skimmer
Orthemis ambinigra
Attenuate Skimmer
Orthemis attenuata
Red-tailed Skimmer 11
Orthemis schmidti
Spot-winged Glider 12
Pantala hymenaea
Pampa Amberwing
Perithemis icteroptera
Broad-banded Amberwing 4
Perithemis thais
Scarlet Spiderlegs
Planiplax arachne
Painted Spiderlegs 13
Planiplax erythropyga
Guiana Spiderlegs 14
Planiplax phoenicura
Slender Redskimmer
Rhodopygia hollandi
Dusty Redskimmer
Rhodopygia pruinosa
Tauriphila australis 9
Tauriphila xiphea
Tholymis citrina 9
Tramea binotata 5
Tramea calverti 15
Tramea rustica
Zenithoptera lanei 4
Rhionaeschna cornigera
Brechmorhoga travassosi
Dythemis velox 16
Erythrodiplax basalis 1
Erythrodiplax nigricans 17
Micrathyria eximia

Edited by Diogo B. Provete, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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