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Pantala
Sign in to savePantala is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae commonly called the rainpool gliders. They are found almost worldwide. Species of Pantala are medium-sized to large, dull orange-yellow dragonflies.
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Vinony's link graph records 12 inbound references to Pantala, and connects out to Animalia, insect and International Standard Book Number.
It is catalogued under topics including Dragonfly genera, Insects described in 1861 and Libellulidae.
Vinony links it to 17 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderOdonata
- FamilyLibellulidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 89
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Libellulidae
- Collections
- OMNH, AM, NMSU, AUM
- Recorded in
- United States, South Africa, Namibia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Libellulidae
- Image
- Spot-winged Glider Pantala hymenaea 2008-08-02.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- taxon common name
- Rainpool Gliders
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Pantala
- Commons category
- Pantala
- topic's main category
- Category:Pantala
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Species
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Pantala is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae commonly called the rainpool gliders. They are found almost worldwide. Species of Pantala are medium-sized to large, dull orange-yellow dragonflies.
==Species== The genus Pantala includes the following species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Male!! Female !! Scientific name!! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px||120px || Pantala flavescens ||Wandering Glider || Cosmopolitan |- |120px ||120px || Pantala hymenaea ||Spot-winged Glider|| North, Central and South America |- |}
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