Pantala flavescens

Taxobox
name = "Pantala flavescens"
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend = unknown

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image_width = 240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Odonata
subordo = Anisoptera
familia = Libellulidae
genus = "Pantala"
species = "P. flavescens"
binomial = "Pantala flavescens"
binomial_authority = (Fabricius, 1798)

"Pantala flavescens", known as Wandering Glider or Globe Skimmer, is a wide-ranging dragonfly of the family Libellulidae

Distribution

found worldwide in the tropics, as well as in temperate zones of North America and Eurasia.

References

* Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern

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External links

* [http://www.azodes.com/dragons/skimmers/glid-wand.asp Wandering Glider] at AzOdes
* [http://www.greglasley.net/wanglider.html Wandering Glider] description and photo
* [http://www.killerplants.com/renfields-garden/20010905.asp Globe Skimmer] article in Kerala, India