''Eusynthemis'' is a

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

Synthemistidae The Synthemistidae are the family of dragonflies commonly known as tigertails, or sometimes called southern emeralds. This family is part of the superfamily Libelluloidea. Synthemistidae is an ancient dragonfly family, with some species occu ...

. They are commonly known as tigertails. Species of this genus are found mostly in Australia with one species, ''Eusynthemis frontalis'', found in the

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, ''Islands of Destiny'', Dutton Caliber, 2012, p,20 and passim is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 1000 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, t ...

Species

The genus ''Eusynthemis'' includes these

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

: *'' Eusynthemis aurolineata'' - variable tigertail *'' Eusynthemis barbarae'' - Mount Lewis tigertail *'' Eusynthemis brevistyla'' - small tigertail *'' Eusynthemis cooloola'' - Cooloola tigertail *'' Eusynthemis deniseae'' - Carnarvon tigertail *'' Eusynthemis frontalis'' *'' Eusynthemis guttata'' - southern tigertail *'' Eusynthemis netta'' - pretty tigertail *'' Eusynthemis nigra'' - black tigertail *'' Eusynthemis rentziana'' - swift tigertail *'' Eusynthemis tenera'' - rainforest tigertail *'' Eusynthemis tillyardi'' - mountain tigertail *'' Eusynthemis ursa'' - Barrington tigertail *'' Eusynthemis ursula'' - beech tigertail *'' Eusynthemis virgula'' - golden tigertail

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5414375 Synthemistidae Anisoptera genera Odonata of Oceania Odonata of Australia Taxa named by Friedrich Förster Insects described in 1903 Dragonflies