Erythrodiplax is a large Neotropical genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. These small to medium-sized skimmers are commonly known as dragonlets.[1]
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The genus contains the following species:[2]
- Erythrodiplax abjecta (Rambur, 1842)
- Erythrodiplax acantha Borror, 1942
- Erythrodiplax amazonica Sjöstedt, 1918
- Erythrodiplax ana (Guillermo-Ferreira & Vilela, 2016)
- Erythrodiplax anatoidea Borror, 1942
- Erythrodiplax andagoya Borror, 1942
- Erythrodiplax angustipennis Borror, 1942
- Erythrodiplax anomala (Brauer, 1865)
- Erythrodiplax atroterminata Ris, 1911
- Erythrodiplax attenuata (Kirby, 1889)
- Erythrodiplax avittata Borror, 1942
- Erythrodiplax basalis (Kirby, 1897)
- Erythrodiplax basifusca (Calvert, 1895) - Plateau Dragonlet[3]
- Erythrodiplax berenice (Drury, 1773) - Seaside Dragonlet[3]
- Erythrodiplax branconensis Sjöstedt, 1929
- Erythrodiplax bromeliicola Westfall in Needham, Westfall & May, 2000 - Bromeliad Dragonlet[4]
- Erythrodiplax castanea (Burmeister, 1839)
- Erythrodiplax cauca Borror, 1942
- Erythrodiplax chromoptera Borror, 1942
- Erythrodiplax cleopatra Ris, 1911
- Erythrodiplax clitella Borror, 1942
- Erythrodiplax connata (Burmeister, 1839)
- Erythrodiplax corallina (Brauer, 1865)
- Erythrodiplax diversa (Navás, 1916)
- Erythrodiplax famula (Erichson, 1848)
- Erythrodiplax fervida (Erichson, 1848)
- Erythrodiplax fulva Borror, 1957
- Erythrodiplax funerea (Hagen, 1861) - Black-winged Dragonlet[3]
- Erythrodiplax fusca (Rambur, 1842) - Red-faced Dragonlet[3]
- Erythrodiplax gomesi Santos, 1946
- Erythrodiplax hyalina Förster, 1907
- Erythrodiplax ines Ris, 1911
- Erythrodiplax juliana Ris, 1911
- Erythrodiplax justiniana (Selys in Sagra, 1857)
- Erythrodiplax kimminsi Borror, 1942
- Erythrodiplax latimaculata Ris, 1911
- Erythrodiplax lativittata Borror, 1942
- Erythrodiplax laurentia Borror, 1942
- Erythrodiplax leticia Machado, 1996
- Erythrodiplax longitudinalis (Ris, 1919)
- Erythrodiplax luteofrons Santos, 1956
- Erythrodiplax lygaea Ris, 1911
- Erythrodiplax maculosa (Hagen, 1861)
- Erythrodiplax media Borror, 1942
- Erythrodiplax melanica Borror, 1942
- Erythrodiplax melanorubra Borror, 1942
- Erythrodiplax minuscula (Rambur, 1842) - Little Blue Dragonlet[3]
- Erythrodiplax nigricans (Rambur, 1842)
- Erythrodiplax nivea Borror, 1942
- Erythrodiplax ochracea (Burmeister, 1839)
- Erythrodiplax pallida (Needham, 1904)
- Erythrodiplax paraguayensis (Förster, 1904)
- Erythrodiplax parvimaculata Borror, 1942
- Erythrodiplax solimaea Ris, 1911
- Erythrodiplax tenuis Borror, 1942
- Erythrodiplax transversa Borror, 1957
- Erythrodiplax umbrata (Linnaeus, 1758) - Band-winged Dragonlet[3]
- Erythrodiplax unimaculata (de Geer, 1773)
- Erythrodiplax venusta (Kirby, 1897)
E. abjecta, female,
Colombia
E. minuscula, male little blue dragonlet,
Florida, United States
E. umbrata, immature male band-winged dragonlet,
Jamaica
E. umbrata, female band-winged dragonlet,
Jamaica
E. basalis, female dragonlet,
Jamaica
E. fusca, male red-faced dragonlet,
Tobago
E. famula, female reddish dragonlet,
Tobago
E. umbrata, male band-winged dragonlet,
Cuba
E. fervida, female red-mantled dragonlet,
Grand Cayman