Tauriphila

Tauriphila is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. They are commonly known as Pasture Gliders.^[1] The species are neotropical with two, the Garnet and Aztec Gliders reaching the southern USA.^[1]

Tauriphila
Male garnet glider Tauriphila australis, Panama
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Subfamily:	Trameinae
Tribe:	Trameini
Genus:	Tauriphila W. F. Kirby, 1889

Species

The genus contains the following species:^[2]

Male	Female	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
		Tauriphila argo (Hagen, 1869)	Arch-tipped Glider[3]	South America
		Tauriphila australis (Hagen, 1867)	Garnet Glider[3][1]	South Florida, Central and South America
		Tauriphila argo (Hagen, 1869)	Arch-tipped glider[3][1]	South America
		Tauriphila azteca Calvert, 1906	Aztec Glider[3][1]	Central America and North America
		Tauriphila risi Martin, 1896		South America
		Tauriphila xiphea Ris, 1913		South America