Pantala flavescens

Pantala flavescens
male, Kerala, India
female, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Pantala
Species:
P. flavescens
Binomial name
Pantala flavescens
(Fabricius, 1798)[2]
Distribution of Pantala flavescens
Synonyms
  • Libellula analis Burmeister, 1839
  • Libellula flavescens Fabricius, 1798
  • Libellula terminalis Burmeister, 1839
  • Libellula viridula Palisot de Beauvois, 1807
  • Orthetrum mathewi Singh & Baijal, 1955
  • Sympetrum tandicola Singh, 1955

Pantala flavescens,[3] the globe skimmer, globe wanderer or wandering glider,[1] is a wide-ranging dragonfly of the family Libellulidae.[1] This species and Pantala hymenaea, the "spot-winged glider", are the only members of the genus Pantala. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798.[4] It is considered to be the most widespread dragonfly on the planet, with good population on every continent except Antarctica, although rare in Europe.[1][5] Globe skimmers make an annual multigenerational journey of some 18,000 km (about 11,200 miles); to complete the migration, individual globe skimmers fly more than 6,000 km (3,730 miles)—one of the farthest known migrations of all insect species.

  1. ^ a b c d Boudot, J.-P.; Clausnitzer, V.; Samraoui, B.; Suhling, F.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Schneider, W.; Paulson, D.R. (2016). "Pantala flavescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T59971A65818523. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59971A65818523.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Vol. 5. Hafniae : Proft et Storch. pp. 573 [285]. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.65803 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ^ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
  4. ^ Henrik Steinmann (1997). World Catalogue of Odonata (in German). Vol. Band II (Anisoptera). Berlin/New York: de Gruyter. pp. 542f. ISBN 978-3-11-014934-0.
  5. ^ James William Tutt (1997). "The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation" (in German). London: Charles Phipps. pp. 213. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)