Pantala

A traveling dragonfly on Hawaii

The genus Pantala is one of the nine genera of the subfamily Panta Linae. In this the two types Pantala flavescens and Pantala hymenaea are summarized. The genus was established in 1861 by Hagen. The scientific name Pantala means " all wing " and alludes to the large and long wings on. The distribution area extends thanks to their migration Joyful Representatives of migrant dragonfly roughly to the 40th parallel and the 20 - ° C isotherms.

Features

The types of Pantala be up to 4.5 cm long and reach a wingspan of between 7.2 cm and 8.4 cm. The front of the head is yellowish to reddish. The thorax is usually yellowish / gülden with a dark line and insists. The abdomen has a similar color characteristics, such as the thorax. The wings are not colored and the approach is very broad. Have hymenaea The Pantala at the wing root is also a dark spot.