Leucorrhinia

Leucorrhinia is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. They are commonly called whitefaces because of their distinctive pale frons.

Whitefaces
Leucorrhinia rubicunda (Ruby whiteface) male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Subfamily: Leucorrhiniinae
Genus: Leucorrhinia
Brittinger, 1850[1]

Species

Listed alphabetically.[2][3]

MaleFemaleScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Leucorrhinia albifrons (Burmeister, 1839)dark whiteface[4]Austria, Belarus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, and Ukraine.
Leucorrhinia borealis Hagen, 1890boreal whiteface[5]North America
Leucorrhinia caudalis (Charpentier, 1840)lilypad whiteface[4]Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Sweden, and Ukraine.
Leucorrhinia circassica Bartenev, 1929North-Western Caucasus
Leucorrhinia dubia (Van der Linden, 1825)white-faced darter,[6] small whiteface[4]northern Europe eastwards to Siberia
Leucorrhinia frigida Hagen, 1890frosted whiteface[5]United States and southern Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick.
Leucorrhinia glacialis Hagen, 1890crimson-ringed whiteface[5]North America
Leucorrhinia hudsonica (Selys, 1850)Hudsonian whiteface[5]northern West Virginia
Leucorrhinia intacta (Hagen, 1861)dot-tailed whiteface[5]United States (Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, U.S. Virgin Islands, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming), Canada: (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia • Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan)
Leucorrhinia intermedia Bartenev, 1912Japan
Leucorrhinia orientalis Selys, 1887Russia
Leucorrhinia patricia Walker, 1940Canada whiteface[5]North America
Leucorrhinia pectoralis (Charpentier, 1825)large white-faced darter, yellow-spotted whiteface[4]western Siberia to parts of France.
Leucorrhinia proxima Calvert, 1890red-waisted whiteface,[7] belted whiteface[5]
Leucorrhinia rubicunda (Linnaeus, 1758)ruby whiteface[4]Northern Belgium and it is found through Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Fennoscandia, Belarus, Ukraine and Russia.

References
  1. Leucorrhinia, funet.fi
  2. Leucorrhinia Archived 2012-06-14 at the Wayback Machine, Zipcodezoo
  3. Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  4. "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  5. "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  6. "Checklist of UK Species". British Dragonfly Society. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  7. Dunkle, S. W. (2000). Dragonflies through Binoculars. OUP.


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