Uracis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Brachydiplacinae
Genus: Uracis
Species: U. fastigiata – U. imbuta – U. infumata – U. ovipositrix – U. reducta – U. siemensi – U. turrialba
Name

Uracis Rambur, 1842
References
Primary references

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1] [as Uracis Rambur, 1842]
Paulson D., Schorr M., (2005-2013): World Odonata List 2015-02-26, Slater Museum of Natural History [as Uracis Rambur, 1842]

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Vernacular names

Uracis is a genus from the family Libellulidae.[1] The genus was first described by Jules Pierre Rambur.[2]

Description

Uracis species are medium-sized dragonflies and grow to be 28 to 40 millimeters tall. The color of the abdomen of colored males is mostly bluish with a grayish-white coating. The part of the thorax to which the wings attach, the so-called pterothorax, is grayish, but with age it takes on the same bluish hue as the abdomen. The wings are transparent except for the brownish tinted wing tips. It can also happen that the wings have brown ribbons due to polymorphism. Like the Vertex, the postfrons are black. There are also two tubercles on the vertex, which allow a distinction to Ypirangathemis species. Similar to representatives of Erythrodiplax, Nannothemis, Pseudoleon and Ypirangathemis, the last segment of the vesica spermalis is long and cylindrical
Species

Male	Female	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
		Uracis fastigiata (Burmeister, 1839)		Mexico to Brazil, Peru
		Uracis imbuta (Burmeister, 1839)		Mexico to Brazil
		Uracis infumata (Rambur, 1842)		Brazil, Peru
		Uracis ovipositrix Calvert, 1909		Peru, Brazil, Guyanas
		Uracis reducta Fraser, 1946		Peru
		Uracis siemensi Kirby, 1897		Tropical South America
		Uracis turrialba Ris, 1919		Costa Rica

References

"Uracis". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
Registry-Migration.Gbif.Org (2019), GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, GBIF Secretariat, doi:10.15468/39omei, retrieved 2020-12-29