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Hetaerina americana (Fabricius, 1798)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Odonata
family
Calopterygidae
genus
Hetaerina
species
Hetaerina americana

Name

Synonyms
Agrion americana Fabricius, 1798
Hetaerina basalis Hagen, 1859
Hetaerina californica Hagen, 1859
Hetaerina pseudamericana Walsh, 1863
Hetaerina scelerata Walsh, 1863
Hetaerina texana Walsh, 1863
Lestes basalis Say, 1840
Homonyms
Hetaerina americana (Fabricius, 1798)
Common names
American Rubyspot in English
American Rubyspot in language.
American Rubyspot in English
American Rubyspot in language.
American ruby spot damselfly in English
Caballito escarlata común in Spanish
Courtisane d'Amérique in French
Ruby Spot in English
American Rubyspot in English
American Rubyspot in English
Courtisane d'Amérique in French

Bibliographic References

  1. Garrison, Rosser W. / Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds., 1997: Odonata. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 4: Non-Holometabolous Orders. 551-580.
  2. Paulson, Dennis R., and Sidney W. Dunkle, 1999: A Checklist of North American Odonata including English name, etymology, type locality, and distribution. Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound, Occasional Paper no. 56. 88.
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