Pantala hymenaea

Spot-winged Glider
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Pantala
Species: P. hymenaea
Binomial name
Pantala hymenaea
(Say, 1839) [1]

The Spot-winged Glider (Pantala hymenaea) is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae. It looks very much like the Wandering Glider with the addition of a basal spot on the hindwing. [2]

References

  1. "Pantala hymenaea". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. Abbott, John C. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States. Princeton University Press. p. 290. ISBN 0-691-11364-5.

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