Boyeria

Boyeria
Western Spectre
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Aeshnidae
Genus: Boyeria
McLachlan, 1896

Boyeria is a genus of dragonfly in family Aeshnidae, commonly called Spotted Darners. They occur in temperate North America and Eurasia.[1]

The name Boyeria commemorates the French entymologist Etienne Laurent Joseph Hippolyte Boyer de Fonscolombe[2]

The genus contains the following species:[3]

References

  1. ^ Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691122814. 
  2. ^ Berger, Cynthia (2004). Dragonflies: Wild Guide. Stackpole Books. ISBN 0811729710. 
  3. ^ Martin Schorr, Martin Lindeboom, Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list/. Retrieved 11 August 2010. 
  4. ^ Boudot, J.-P. (2009). "Boyeria cretensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/60307. Retrieved 06 October 2010. 
  5. ^ a b "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/north-american-odonata/. Retrieved 5 August 2010. 
  6. ^ "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. http://www.dragonflypix.com/checklist.html. Retrieved 5 August 2010.