Leucorrhinia

Leucorrhinia is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. They are commonly called whitefaces because of their distinctive pale frons.

Whitefaces
Leucorrhinia rubicunda (Ruby whiteface) male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Leucorrhinia
Brittinger, 1850[1]

Species

Listed alphabetically.[2][3]

  • Leucorrhinia albifrons (Burmeister, 1839) – dark whiteface[4]
  • Leucorrhinia borealis Hagen, 1890 – boreal whiteface[5]
  • Leucorrhinia caudalis (Charpentier, 1840) – lilypad whiteface[4]
  • Leucorrhinia circassica Bartenev, 1929
  • Leucorrhinia dubia (Van der Linden, 1825) – white-faced darter,[6] small whiteface[4]
  • Leucorrhinia frigida Hagen, 1890 – frosted whiteface[5]
  • Leucorrhinia glacialis Hagen, 1890 – crimson-ringed whiteface[5]
  • Leucorrhinia hudsonica (Selys, 1850) – Hudsonian whiteface[5]
  • Leucorrhinia intacta (Hagen, 1861) – dot-tailed whiteface[5]
  • Leucorrhinia intermedia Bartenev, 1912
  • Leucorrhinia orientalis Selys, 1887
  • Leucorrhinia patricia Walker, 1940 – Canada whiteface[5]
  • Leucorrhinia pectoralis (Charpentier, 1825) – large white-faced darter, yellow-spotted whiteface[4]
  • Leucorrhinia proxima Calvert, 1890 – red-waisted whiteface,[7] belted whiteface[5]
  • Leucorrhinia rubicunda (Linnaeus, 1758) – ruby whiteface[4]
  • Leucorrhinia ussuriensis Bartenev, 1914
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References
  1. Leucorrhinia, funet.fi
  2. Leucorrhinia Archived 2012-06-14 at the Wayback Machine, Zipcodezoo
  3. Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  4. "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  5. "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  6. "Checklist of UK Species". British Dragonfly Society. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  7. Dunkle, S. W. (2000). Dragonflies through Binoculars. OUP.


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