Aethiothemis carpenteri

Aethiothemis carpenteri is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It was originally described as Oxythemis carpenteri, named in honor of the collector of the type specimen, G. D. Hale Carpenter.[1] The name is considered by some authorities to be a taxonomic synonym of Aethiothemis solitaria, though the taxonomy of the solitaria species complex is not clear.[2]

Aethiothemis carpenteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Aethiothemis
Species:
A. carpenteri
Binomial name
Aethiothemis carpenteri
(Fraser, 1944)

See also

References

  1. Fraser, Lt.-Col. F. C. 1944. New Ethiopian and Oriental Dragonflies (Order Odonata). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London, Series B, 13: 85-88 (85).
  2. Clausnitzer, V., F. Suhling, & K.-D. Dijkstra. 2009. Aethiothemis solitaria. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Version 2011.1., http://oldredlist.iucnredlist.org/details/59792/0, downloaded on 30 July 2011.


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