Macromia

River cruisers
Macromia illinoiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Macromiidae
Genus: Macromia
Rambur, 1842[1]

Macromia is a genus of large dragonflies in the family Macromiidae.[2] Species of the genus Macromia are commonly known as river cruisers from their habit of cruising long distances along river banks. Most species occur in the tropical Australasian region, with one species being found in Europe (Macromia splendens),[3] and a few species occurring in North America.[4]

Genera

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The genus Macromia includes the following species:[5]

Male Female Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Macromia aculeata Fraser, 1927 Myanmar
Macromia alleghaniensis Williamson, 1909 Allegheny river cruiser[6] United States
Macromia amphigena Selys, 1871 Korea, China
Macromia annaimallaiensis Fraser, 1931 Western Ghats in South India
Macromia annulata Hagen, 1861 bronzed river cruiser[6] Texas and New Mexico
Macromia arachnomima Lieftinck, 1953 Peninsular Malaysia, south Borneo and Thailand
Macromia astarte Lieftinck, 1971 Borneo
Macromia bartenevi Belyshev, 1973 Russian, North Korea Japan
Macromia beijingensis Zhu & Chen, 2005 China (Beijing, Henan)
Macromia bellicosa Fraser, 1924 Western Ghats in South India.
Macromia berlandi Lieftinck, 1941 Angled-winged Cruiser China
Macromia calliope Ris, 1916 Malaysia
Macromia callisto Laidlaw, 1902 Vietnam
Macromia celaeno Lieftinck, 1955 New Guinea
Macromia celebia van Tol, 1994 Borneo
Macromia chaiyaphumensis Hämäläinen, 1985 Thailand
Macromia chalciope Lieftinck, 1952 Indonesia
Macromia chui Asahina, 1968 Taiwan
Macromia cincta Rambur, 1842 Malaysia, Vietnam, Borneo
Macromia cingulata Rambur, 1842 Western Ghats in India.
Macromia clio Ris, 1916 Taiwan
Macromia corycia Laidlaw, 1922 Borneo
Macromia cupricincta Fraser, 1924 Thailand
Macromia cydippe Laidlaw, 1922 Singapore
Macromia daimoji Okumura, 1949 South Korea
Macromia dione Lieftinck, 1971 Mexico
Macromia ellisoni Fraser, 1924 Coorg torrent hawk India
Macromia erato Lieftinck, 1950 Java
Macromia euphrosyne Lieftinck, 1952 Indonesia
Macromia eurynome Lieftinck, 1942 New Guinea
Macromia euterpe Laidlaw, 1915 Borneo
Macromia flavicincta Selys, 1874 India
Macromia flavocolorata Fraser, 1922 India, Nepal, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and China.
Macromia flavovittata Fraser, 1935 India
Macromia flinti Lieftinck, 1977 Sri Lanka
Macromia fulgidifrons Wilson, 1998 China (Guangxi)
Macromia gerstaeckeri Krüger, 1899 Borneo
Macromia hamata Zhou, 2003 China (Guizhou)
Macromia hermione Lieftinck, 1952 Misool Island
Macromia holthuisi Kalkman, 2008 Papua
Macromia icterica Lieftinck, 1926 China
Macromia ida Fraser, 1924 India.
Macromia illinoiensis Walsh, 1862 swift river cruiser[6] or Illinois River Cruiser[7] United States
Macromia indica Fraser, 1924 India
Macromia irata Fraser, 1924 India
Macromia irina Lieftinck, 1950 Celebes
Macromia jucunda Lieftinck, 1955 Java
Macromia katae Wilson, 1993 Vietnam
Macromia kiautai Zhou, Wang, Shuai & Liu, 1994 China
Macromia kubokaiya Asahina, 1964 Japan
Macromia lachesis Lieftinck, 1971 Bismark
Macromia macula Zhou, Wang, Shuai & Liu, 1994 China
Macromia magnifica McLachlan in Selys, 1874 western river cruiser[6] Central America and North America
Macromia malleifera Lieftinck, 1955 China (Fujian, Guangdong and Zhejiang)
Macromia manchurica Asahina, 1964 China
Macromia margarita Westfall, 1947 mountain river cruiser[6] United States
Macromia melpomene Ris, 1913 New Guinea
Macromia mnemosyne Lieftinck, 1935 Borneo
Macromia moorei Selys, 1874 Vietnam
Macromia negrito Needham & Gyger, 1937 Philippines
Macromia pacifica Hagen, 1861 gilded river cruiser[6] North America
Macromia pallida Fraser, 1924 India
Macromia pinratani Asahina, 1983 Thailand
Macromia polyhymnia Lieftinck, 1929 Sumatra
Macromia pyramidalis Martin, 1906 Vietnam
Macromia septima Martin, 1904 China
Macromia siamensis Makbun, 2022 Thailand
Macromia sombui Vick, 1988 Nepal
Macromia sophrosyne Lieftinck, 1952 Misool Island
Macromia splendens Pictet, 1843 splendid cruiser, shining macromia dragonfly[3] France, Spain, Portugal
Macromia taeniolata Rambur, 1842 royal river cruiser[6] United States
Macromia terpsichore Förster, 1900 New Guinea
Macromia tillyardi Martin, 1906 Australian cruiser[8] Australia
Macromia unca Wilson, 2004 Vietnam
Macromia urania Ris, 1916 China, Vietnam
Macromia viridescens Tillyard, 1911 rainforest cruiser[9] Australia, New Guinea
Macromia weerakooni Sumanapala, 2021 Sri Lanka
Macromia westwoodii Selys, 1874 Asia
Macromia whitei Selys, 1871 India
Macromia yunnanensis Zhou, Luo, Hu & Wu, 1993 China
Macromia zeylanica Fraser, 1927 Sri Lanka

References

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  1. ^ Rambur, Jules (1842). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Névroptères (in French). Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. 534 [137] – via Gallica.
  2. ^ "Genus Macromia Rambur, 1842". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  3. ^ a b Boudot, J.-P. (2010). "Macromia splendens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T12598A3364642. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-1.RLTS.T12598A3364642.en.
  4. ^ Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-12281-6.
  5. ^ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  7. ^ Dunkle, S.W., Dragonflies through Binoculars: A Field Guide to Dragonflies of North America. New York:Oxford University Press, 2000.
  8. ^ Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2021). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia (2nd ed.). Melbourne, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 406. ISBN 9781486313747.
  9. ^ Dow, R.A. (2017). "Macromia viridescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T163545A87527826. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T163545A87527826.en.