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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Odonatoptera
Cladus: Holodonata
Ordo: Odonata
Subordo: Epiprocta
Infraordo: Anisoptera
Superfamilia: Libelluloidea

Familia: Libellulidae
Subfamilia: Sympetrinae
Genus: Rhodopygia
Species: R. cardinalis – R. geijskesi – R. hinei – R. hollandi – R. pruinosa
Name
Rhodopygia Kirby, 1889

Rhodopygia is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. They are neotropical species, occurring in Guatemala, Belize through Bolivia and Brazil.[1]
Species

The genus contains the following species:[2]

Male Female Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Cardinal Redskimmer (Rhodopygia cardinalis) female (40727940362).jpg Rhodopygia cardinalis (Erichson, 1848) Cardinal Redskimmer[3] South America
Rhodopygia geijskesi Belle, 1964 Brazil to Venezuela
Central American Redskimmer - Flickr - treegrow.jpg Rhodopygia hinei Calvert, 1907 Panamá, Costa Rica, Guatemala
Rhodopygia hollandi Calvert, 1907 Slender Redskimmer[4] Brazil, Suriname, Venezuela
Rhodopygia pruinosa Buchholz, 1953 Brazil, Suriname, French Guiana


References

Garrison, Rosser W.; Ellenrieder, Natalia von; Louton, Jerry A. (2006). Dragonfly genera of the New World : an illustrated and annotated key to the Anisoptera ([Online-Ausg.] ed.). Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 272. ISBN 0-8018-8446-2.
Dennis Paulson; Martin Schorr; Cyrille Deliry. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 15 Feb 2022.
von Ellenrieder, N. (2009). "Rhodopygia cardinalis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2009: e.T158951A5296392. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158951A5296392.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
von Ellenrieder, N. (2009). "Rhodopygia hollandi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2009: e.T158887A5287772. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158887A5287772.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.

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