''Erythrodiplax'' is a large

Neotropical The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In biogeogra ...

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

dragonflies A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. About 3,000 extant species of dragonflies are known. Most are tropical, with fewer species in temperate regions. Loss of wetland habitat threate ...

in the family

Libellulidae The chasers, darters, skimmers, and perchers and their relatives form the Libellulidae, the largest family of dragonflies. It is sometimes considered to contain the Corduliidae as the subfamily Corduliinae and the Macromiidae as the subfamily M ...

. These small to medium-sized skimmers are commonly known as dragonlets.

Species

The genus contains the following species:

Gallery

Montane dragonlet (Erythrodiplax abjecta) female Cundinamarca.jpg, ''E. abjecta'', female,

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

Erythrodiplax_minuscula_(Flickr).jpg, ''E. minuscula'', male little blue dragonlet,

Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

, United States Band-winged dragonlet (Erythrodiplax umbrata) immature male.jpg, ''E. umbrata'', immature male band-winged dragonlet,

Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...

Band-winged dragonlet (Erythrodiplax umbrata) female.jpg, ''E. umbrata'', female band-winged dragonlet,

Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax basalis) female.JPG, ''E. basalis'', female dragonlet,

Red_faced_dragonlet_(Erythrodiplax_fusca)_male.JPG, ''E. fusca'', male red-faced dragonlet,

Tobago Tobago, officially the Ward of Tobago, is an List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, island and Regions and municipalities of Trinidad and Tobago, ward within the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located northeast of the larger islan ...

Reddish dragonlet (Erythrodiplax famula) female.JPG, ''E. famula'', female reddish dragonlet,

Band-winged Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax umbrata) male.JPG, ''E. umbrata'', male band-winged dragonlet,

Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...

Red-mantled dragonlet (Erythrodiplax fervida) female.JPG, ''E. fervida'', female red-mantled dragonlet,

Grand Cayman Grand Cayman is the largest of the three Cayman Islands and the location of the territory's capital, George Town, Cayman Islands, George Town. In relation to the other two Cayman Islands, it is approximately 75 miles (121 km) southwest of L ...

References

Libellulidae Anisoptera genera Odonata of North America Odonata of South America Insects of Central America Insects of the Caribbean Taxa named by Friedrich Moritz Brauer Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Libellulidae-stub