Orthetrum

Southern Blue Arrow ( Orthetrum brunneum )

The blue arrows ( Orthetrum ) are a dragonfly genus of the subfamily Libellulinae. The genus was established in 1833 by Newman. With over 80 species it is one of the most species-rich genera of dragonflies.

Cladistics

In cladistics, the genus Orthetrum is compared with the genus Libellula within the Libellulinae all other genera of this subfamily. For the subfamilies of sailing dragonflies there is currently no study that allows a dichotomous representation of the phylogeny, the Libellulinae can be according to current research that is not clearly a different subfamily as a sister group to face.

? other subfamilies

Other genera

Orthetrum

Libellula

System

The genus Orthetrum consists of the following ways:

• Abbotti orthetrum Orthetrum abbotti abbotti
• Orthetrum abbotti malgassicum

• Orthetrum albistylum albistylum
• Orthetrum albistylum speciosum

• Orthetrum azureum azureum
• Orthetrum azureum lugubre

• Orthetrum brute brute
• Orthetrum brute wrighti

• Orthetrum brunneum brunneum
• Orthetrum brunneum cycnos

• Orthetrum caffrum caffrum
• Orthetrum caffrum camerunense

• Orthetrum cancellatum cancellatum
• Orthetrum cancellatum kraepelini
• Orthetrum cancellatum orientale

• Orthetrum chrysostigma chrysostigma
• Orthetrum chrysostigma toddi

• Orthetrum icteromelas icteromelas
• Orthetrum icteromelas cinctifrons

• Orthetrum julia capicola
• Orthetrum julia falsum
• Orthetrum julia julia

• Orthetrum micro micro stigmatic stigmatic
• Orthetrum micro stigma imitans

• Orthetrum pruinosum clelia
• Orthetrum pruinosum neglectum
• Orthetrum pruinosum pruinosum
• Orthetrum pruinosum schneideri

• Orthetrum sabina sabina
• Orthetrum sabina viduatum

• Orthetrum stemmale kalai
• Orthetrum stemmale lemur
• Orthetrum stemmale Miloti
• Orthetrum stemmale stemmale

• Orthetrum triangular malaccensis
• Orthetrum triangular triangular