Tetrathemis

Tetrathemis is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.^[2][3] Species of Tetrathemis are found in Africa, Madagascar, Asia, New Guinea and Australia.^[4]

Tetrathemis
Tetrathemis platyptera male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Subfamily:	Tetrathemistinae
Genus:	Tetrathemis Brauer, 1868[1]

Species

The genus Tetrathemis includes the following species:^[3]

• Tetrathemis camerunensis (Sjöstedt, 1900)
• Tetrathemis corduliformis Longfield, 1936
• Tetrathemis denticauda Fraser, 1954
• Tetrathemis flavescens Kirby, 1889
• Tetrathemis fraseri Legrand, 1977 - treefall elf
• Tetrathemis godiardi Lacroix, 1921
• Tetrathemis irregularis Brauer, 1868 - rainforest elf^[5]

• Tetrathemis irregularis cladophila - Tillyard, 1908 - rainforest elf

• Tetrathemis leptoptera Selys, 1877
• Tetrathemis longfieldae Legrand, 1977
• Tetrathemis platyptera Selys, 1878
• Tetrathemis polleni (Selys, 1877) - black-splashed elf^[6]
• Tetrathemis ruwensoriensis Fraser, 1941
• Tetrathemis victoriae (Pinhey, 1963)
• Tetrathemis yerburii Kirby, 1893