Mexican species
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As in most parts of the tropics the odonate distribution in Mexico is still not fully uncovered. Both the lack of field work and the complexity of similarity between species, eg. genus Argia, make it a slow progress. But the interest and awareness is growing, why a flow of new discoveries are expected during the coming years.
The main resource I've used to build my lists from, is the one maintained by Dennis Paulson at Puget Sound Museum of Natural History. Being a capacity on the New World Odonates his lists are curated and the best starting point. New information and discoveries are best searched using iNaturalist, this being where most Mexicans put their records (and odonate-lovers worldwide, when not using local databases). Additional information, of course, is also found in other relevante online resources. I'm running frequent scans of the most common resources trying to keep up with the present state of knowledge. I think enough is known already to get the larger picture of the species distribution in the country, though. And probably not surprising the maps shows a similar pattern as the one representing the distribution of bird species,with the most species-rich regions being around the Tehuantepec isthmus (Chiapas, Oaxaca and Veracruz) and next West Central Mexico centered around Jalisco. Linked to below, I've also made a table list to show the data in a more compressed form. And you have the option to list it sorted by geography too, showing the states in a northern to southern order. This gives you a better understanding about the distribution of genera and families in the country. The species accounts related to Mexico are still far from being made, and the same goes for the endemic status. Map showing the species I've seen here. State lists updated per October, 2026. |
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Mexico (mx) 375 Species (3 Registered) |
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| Mexican endemics | |||
| True Species that normally do not occur outside of Mexico. | 63 | 0 | |
| Regionals US border states plus area south of Mexico including Nicaragua. | 77 | 0 | |
| Only show endemic species Show registered species Show species with PSV | Endemics | ||
| Twigtails (Perilestidae) | |||
| Horned Twigtail (Perissolestes magdalenae) | map | 1 | |
| Spreadwings (Lestidae) | |||
| California Spreadwing (Archilestes californicus) | map | 2 | |
| Great Spreadwing (Archilestes grandis) | map | 3 | |
| Yellow-eyed Spreadwing (Archilestes latialatus) | map | 4 | |
| Regal Spreadwing (Archilestes regalis) | map | Mexico. | 5 |
| Plateau Spreadwing (Lestes alacer) | map | 6 | |
| Alfonso's Spreadwing (Lestes alfonsoi) | map | Mexico. | 7 |
| Rainpool Spreadwing (Lestes forficula) | map | 8 | |
| Wedge-striped Spreadwing (Lestes scalaris) | map | 9 | |
| Chalky Spreadwing (Lestes sigma) | map | 10 | |
| Allied Spreadwing (Lestes simplex) | map | Mexico. | 11 |
| Blue-striped Spreadwing (Lestes tenuatus) | map | 12 | |
| Shadowdamsels (Platystictidae) | |||
| Angelina's Shadowdamsel (Palaemnema angelina) | map | El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico. | 13 |
| Presidio Shadowdamsel (Palaemnema desiderata) | map | Belize, Mexico. | 14 |
| Desert Shadowdamsel (Palaemnema domina) | map | 15 | |
| Nathalia Shadowdamsel (Palaemnema nathalia) | map | 16 | |
| Puebla Shadowdamsel (Palaemnema paulicaxa) | map | Mexico. | 17 |
| Córdoba Shadowdamsel (Palaemnema paulicoba) | map | Mexico. | 18 |
| Tabasco Shadowdamsel (Palaemnema paulitaba) | map | Mexico. | 19 |
| Atoyac Shadowdamsel (Palaemnema paulitoyaca) | map | Mexico. | 20 |
| Mayan Damsels (Amphipterygidae) | |||
| Mexican Mayan Damsel (Amphipteryx agrioides) | map | Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico. | 21 |
| Chiapas Mayan Damsel (Amphipteryx chiapensis) | map | Mexico. | 22 |
| Demoiselles (Calopterygidae) | |||
| American Rubyspot (Hetaerina americana) | map | 23 | |
| Cryptic Rubyspot (Hetaerina calverti) | map | Guatemala, Mexico. | 24 |
| Bronze Rubyspot (Hetaerina capitalis) | map | 25 | |
| Highland Rubyspot (Hetaerina cruentata) | map | 26 | |
| Emerald Rubyspot (Hetaerina infecta) | map | Mexico. | 27 |
| Racket-tipped Rubyspot (Hetaerina occisa) | map | 28 | |
| Knob-tipped Rubyspot (Hetaerina pilula) | map | 29 | |
| Velvet-black Rubyspot (Hetaerina rudis) | map | Guatemala, Mexico. | 30 |
| Forest Rubyspot (Hetaerina sempronia) | map | 31 | |
| Smoky Rubyspot (Hetaerina titia) | map | 32 | |
| Canyon Rubyspot (Hetaerina vulnerata) | map | Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, USA. | 33 |
| Cascade Damsels (Thaumatoneuridae) | |||
| Paraphlebia chiarae (Paraphlebia chiarae) | map | Mexico. | 34 |
| Paraphlebia esperanza (Paraphlebia esperanza) | map | Mexico. | 35 |
| Paraphlebia flinti (Paraphlebia flinti) | map | Mexico. | 36 |
| Clearwing Cascade Damsel (Paraphlebia hyalina) | map | Mexico. | 37 |
| Paraphlebia kauil (Paraphlebia kauil) | map | Guatemala, Mexico. | 38 |
| Paraphlebia kinich (Paraphlebia kinich) | map | Mexico. | 39 |
| Polymorphic Cascade Damsel (Paraphlebia quinta) | map | Guatemala, Mexico. | 40 |
| Showy Cascade Damsel (Paraphlebia zoe) | map | Mexico. | 41 |
| Pond Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) | |||
| Narrow-tipped Wedgetail (Acanthagrion inexpectum) | map | 42 | |
| Mexican Wedgetail (Acanthagrion quadratum) | map | 43 | |
| Western Red Damsel (Amphiagrion abbreviatum) | map | 44 | |
| Middle American Pearlwing (Anisagrion allopterum) | map | 45 | |
| Guatemalan Pearlwing (Anisagrion truncatipenne) | map | Guatemala, Mexico. | 46 |
| Black-and-white Damsel (Apanisagrion lais) | map | El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, USA. | 47 |
| California Dancer (Argia agrioides) | map | Mexico, USA. | 48 |
| Paiute Dancer (Argia alberta) | map | 49 | |
| Cerulean Dancer (Argia anceps) | map | 50 | |
| Argia annae (Argia annae) | map | Mexico. | 51 |
| Blue-fronted Dancer (Argia apicalis) | map | 52 | |
| Comanche Dancer (Argia barretti) | map | Mexico, USA. | 53 |
| Calida Dancer (Argia calida) | map | Belize, Mexico. | 54 |
| Yaqui Dancer (Argia carlcooki) | map | Mexico, USA. | 55 |
| Big Blue Dancer (Argia chelata) | map | 56 | |
| Coppery Dancer (Argia cuprea) | map | Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, USA. | 57 |
| Deam's Dancer (Argia deami) | map | Mexico. | 58 |
| Thorn-tipped Dancer (Argia elongata) | map | 59 | |
| Spine-tipped Dancer (Argia extranea) | map | Mexico, USA. | 60 |
| Green-eyed Dancer (Argia frequentula) | map | 61 | |
| Variable Dancer (Argia fumipennis) | map | 62 | |
| Big Red Dancer (Argia funcki) | map | El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico. | 63 |
| Springwater Dancer (Argia funebris) | map | 64 | |
| Garrison's Dancer (Argia garrisoni) | map | Mexico. | 65 |
| Petén Dancer (Argia gaumeri) | map | Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico. | 66 |
| Argia gonzalezi (Argia gonzalezi) | map | Guatemala, Mexico. | 67 |
| Harkness’s Dancer (Argia harknessi) | map | Mexico, USA. | 68 |
| Gilded Dancer (Argia herberti) | map | Guatemala, Mexico. | 69 |
| Lavender Dancer (Argia hinei) | map | Mexico, USA. | 70 |
| Kiowa Dancer (Argia immunda) | map | 71 | |
| Swamp Dancer (Argia indicatrix) | map | 72 | |
| Sierra Madre Dancer (Argia lacrimans) | map | Mexico, USA. | 73 |
| Leonora’s Dancer (Argia leonorae) | map | Mexico, USA. | 74 |
| Sooty Dancer (Argia lugens) | map | 75 | |
| May's Dancer (Argia mayi) | map | Mexico. | 76 |
| Sky-blue Dancer (Argia medullaris) | map | 77 | |
| Powdered Dancer (Argia moesta) | map | 78 | |
| Apache Dancer (Argia munda) | map | Mexico, USA. | 79 |
| Aztec Dancer (Argia nahuana) | map | 80 | |
| Argia noveloi (Argia noveloi) | map | Mexico. | 81 |
| Oculate Dancer (Argia oculata) | map | 82 | |
| Fiery-eyed Dancer (Argia oenea) | map | 83 | |
| Amethyst Dancer (Argia pallens) | map | Guatemala, Mexico, USA. | 84 |
| Marsh Dancer (Argia paludicola) | map | Mexico, USA. | 85 |
| Chalk-fronted Dancer (Argia percellulata) | map | Guatemala, Mexico. | 86 |
| Pima Dancer (Argia pima) | map | Mexico, USA. | 87 |
| Pipila Dancer (Argia pipila) | map | 88 | |
| Pocomana Dancer (Argia pocomana) | map | 89 | |
| Popoluca Dancer (Argia popoluca) | map | 90 | |
| Purple Dancer (Argia pulla) | map | 91 | |
| Golden-winged Dancer (Argia rhoadsi) | map | Mexico, USA. | 92 |
| Rudolph's Dancer (Argia rudolphi) | map | Mexico. | 93 |
| Sabino Dancer (Argia sabino) | map | Mexico, USA. | 94 |
| Blue-ringed Dancer (Argia sedula) | map | 95 | |
| Tarascan Dancer (Argia tarascana) | map | Mexico, USA. | 96 |
| Tezpi Dancer (Argia tezpi) | map | 97 | |
| Tonto Dancer (Argia tonto) | map | Mexico, USA. | 98 |
| Dusky Dancer (Argia translata) | map | 99 | |
| Olmec Dancer (Argia ulmeca) | map | 100 | |
| Celestial Dancer (Argia variabilis) | map | Guatemala, Mexico. | 101 |
| Vivid Dancer (Argia vivida) | map | 102 | |
| Westfall's Dancer (Argia westfalli) | map | Mexico. | 103 |
| Caribbean Damsel (Enacantha caribbea) | map | Belize, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico. | 104 |
| Northern Bluet (Enallagma annexum) | map | 105 | |
| Double-striped Bluet (Enallagma basidens) | map | 106 | |
| Boreal Bluet (Enallagma boreale) | map | 107 | |
| Tule Bluet (Enallagma carunculatum) | map | 108 | |
| Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile) | map | 109 | |
| Big Bluet (Enallagma durum) | map | 110 | |
| Baja Bluet (Enallagma eiseni) | map | Mexico, USA. | 111 |
| Stream Bluet (Enallagma exsulans) | map | 112 | |
| Neotropical Bluet (Enallagma novaehispaniae) | map | 113 | |
| Arroyo Bluet (Enallagma praevarum) | map | 114 | |
| Guatemalan Bluet (Enallagma rua) | map | Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico. | 115 |
| Claw-tipped Bluet (Enallagma semicirculare) | map | Mexico, USA. | 116 |
| Orange Bluet (Enallagma signatum) | map | 117 | |
| Painted Damsel (Hesperagrion heterodoxum) | map | Mexico, USA. | 118 |
| Desert Forktail (Ischnura barberi) | map | Mexico, USA. | 119 |
| Tiny Forktail (Ischnura capreolus) | map | 120 | |
| Pacific Forktail (Ischnura cervula) | map | 121 | |
| Plains Forktail (Ischnura damula) | map | 122 | |
| Mexican Forktail (Ischnura demorsa) | map | Mexico, USA. | 123 |
| Black-fronted Forktail (Ischnura denticollis) | map | 124 | |
| Citrine Forktail (Ischnura hastata) | map | 125 | |
| Fragile Forktail (Ischnura posita) | map | 126 | |
| Rambur’s Forktail (Ischnura ramburii) | map | 127 | |
| Caribbean Swampdamsel (Leptobasis candelaria) | map | Belize, Cuba, Honduras, Mexico. | 128 |
| Guanacaste Swampdamsel (Leptobasis guanacaste) | map | 129 | |
| Lucifer Swampdamsel (Leptobasis lucifer) | map | 130 | |
| Cream-tipped Swampdamsel (Leptobasis melinogaster) | map | Mexico, USA. | 131 |
| Red-tipped Swampdamsel (Leptobasis vacillans) | map | 132 | |
| Bromeliad Helicopter (Mecistogaster modesta) | map | 133 | |
| Lemon-tipped Helicopter (Mecistogaster ornata) | map | 134 | |
| Mexican Blue-winged Helicopter (Megaloprepus latipennis) | map | Guatemala, Mexico. | 135 |
| Tropical Sprite (Nehalennia minuta) | map | 136 | |
| Caribbean Yellowface (Neoerythromma cultellatum) | map | 137 | |
| West Mexican Yellowface (Neoerythromma gladiolatum) | map | Mexico. | 138 |
| Broad-winged Helicopter (Pseudostigma aberrans) | map | 139 | |
| Wide-winged Helicopter (Pseudostigma accedens) | map | 140 | |
| Belize Firetail (Telebasis boomsmae) | map | 141 | |
| Dark-tailed Firetail (Telebasis collopistes) | map | 142 | |
| Marsh Firetail (Telebasis digiticollis) | map | 143 | |
| Striped Firetail (Telebasis filiola) | map | 144 | |
| Oasis Firetail (Telebasis incolumis) | map | Mexico. | 145 |
| Green-eyed Firetail (Telebasis isthmica) | map | 146 | |
| Hyacinth Firetail (Telebasis levis) | map | 147 | |
| Desert Firetail (Telebasis salva) | map | 148 | |
| Threadtails (Protoneuridae) | |||
| Coral-fronted Threadtail (Neoneura aaroni) | map | Mexico, USA. | 149 |
| Amelia’s Threadtail (Neoneura amelia) | map | 150 | |
| Paya Threadtail (Neoneura paya) | map | Belize, Guatemala, Mexico. | 151 |
| Golden-orange Threadtail (Protoneura aurantiaca) | map | 152 | |
| Orange-striped Threadtail (Protoneura cara) | map | 153 | |
| Peach-fronted Threadtail (Protoneura corculum) | map | Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico. | 154 |
| Blue-fronted Threadtail (Protoneura cupida) | map | Belize, Guatemala, Mexico. | 155 |
| Ruddy Threadtail (Protoneura rojiza) | map | Mexico. | 156 |
| Shadowy Threadtail (Psaironeura remissa) | map | 157 | |
| Flamboyant Flatwings (Heteragrionidae) | |||
| Pale-faced Flatwing (Heteragrion albifrons) | map | 158 | |
| Golden Flatwing (Heteragrion alienum) | map | Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico. | 159 |
| Azure Flatwing (Heteragrion azulum) | map | Mexico. | 160 |
| Highland Flatwing (Heteragrion tricellulare) | map | Guatemala, Mexico. | 161 |
| Bannerwings (Polythoridae) | |||
| Blue Cora (Cora marina) | map | 162 | |
| Hawkers (Aeshnidae) | |||
| Persephone’s Darner (Aeshna persephone) | map | Mexico, USA. | 163 |
| Walker’s Darner (Aeshna walkeri) | map | Mexico, USA. | 164 |
| Mountain Stream Darner (Aeshna williamsoniana) | map | 165 | |
| Amazon Darner (Anax amazili) | map | 166 | |
| Blue-spotted Comet Darner (Anax concolor) | map | 167 | |
| Common Green Darner (Anax junius) | map | 168 | |
| Giant Darner (Anax walsinghami) | map | Mexico, USA. | 169 |
| Blue-faced Darner (Coryphaeschna adnexa) | map | 170 | |
| Icarus Darner (Coryphaeschna apeora) | map | 171 | |
| Fiery Darner (Coryphaeschna diapyra) | map | 172 | |
| Mangrove Darner (Coryphaeschna viriditas) | map | 173 | |
| Helen's Darner (Gynacantha helenga) | map | Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, USA. | 174 |
| Little Brown Darner (Gynacantha laticeps) | map | 175 | |
| Bar-sided Darner (Gynacantha mexicana) | map | 176 | |
| Twilight Darner (Gynacantha nervosa) | map | 177 | |
| Riffle Darner (Oplonaeschna armata) | map | Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, USA. | 178 |
| Broad-striped Riffle Darner (Oplonaeschna magna) | map | Mexico. | 179 |
| Malachite Darner (Remartinia luteipennis) | map | 180 | |
| Secretive Darner (Remartinia secreta) | map | 181 | |
| California Darner (Rhionaeschna californica) | map | 182 | |
| Highland Darner (Rhionaeschna cornigera) | map | 183 | |
| Arroyo Darner (Rhionaeschna dugesi) | map | Mexico, USA. | 184 |
| Black-tailed Darner (Rhionaeschna jalapensis) | map | 185 | |
| Spot-fronted Darner (Rhionaeschna manni) | map | Mexico. | 186 |
| Blue-eyed Darner (Rhionaeschna multicolor) | map | 187 | |
| Turquoise-tipped Darner (Rhionaeschna psilus) | map | 188 | |
| West Mexican Darner (Rhionaeschna vazquezae) | map | Mexico. | 189 |
| Caribbean Darner (Triacanthagyna caribbea) | map | 190 | |
| Black-legged Darner (Triacanthagyna dentata) | map | 191 | |
| Ditzler's Darner (Triacanthagyna ditzleri) | map | 192 | |
| Pale-green Darner (Triacanthagyna septima) | map | 193 | |
| Clubtails (Gomphidae) | |||
| Slender Clubtail (Agriogomphus tumens) | map | 194 | |
| Broad-striped Forceptail (Aphylla angustifolia) | map | 195 | |
| Antillean Forceptail (Aphylla caraiba) | map | 196 | |
| Narrow-striped Forceptail (Aphylla protracta) | map | 197 | |
| Obscure Forceptail (Aphylla tenuis) | map | 198 | |
| Mexican Snouttail (Archaeogomphus furcatus) | map | 199 | |
| Flag-tailed Spinyleg (Dromogomphus spoliatus) | map | 200 | |
| Clavate Knobtail (Epigomphus clavatus) | map | Guatemala, Mexico. | 201 |
| Tehuantepec Knobtail (Epigomphus crepidus) | map | Mexico. | 202 |
| Donnelly’s Knobtail (Epigomphus donnellyi) | map | Mexico. | 203 |
| Flint’s Knobtail (Epigomphus flinti) | map | Mexico. | 204 |
| Paulson’s Knobtail (Epigomphus paulsoni) | map | Mexico. | 205 |
| Common Knobtail (Epigomphus subobtusus) | map | 206 | |
| Tuxtla Knobtail (Epigomphus sulcatistyla) | map | Mexico. | 207 |
| Dark Ringtail (Erpetogomphus agkistrodon) | map | Mexico. | 208 |
| Boa Ringtail (Erpetogomphus boa) | map | Mexico. | 209 |
| One-striped Ringtail (Erpetogomphus bothrops) | map | 210 | |
| White-belted Ringtail (Erpetogomphus compositus) | map | Mexico, USA. | 211 |
| Knob-tipped Ringtail (Erpetogomphus constrictor) | map | 212 | |
| Plain Ringtail (Erpetogomphus cophias) | map | Mexico. | 213 |
| Yellow-legged Ringtail (Erpetogomphus crotalinus) | map | Mexico, USA. | 214 |
| Eastern Ringtail (Erpetogomphus designatus) | map | 215 | |
| Straight-tipped Ringtail (Erpetogomphus elaps) | map | Guatemala, Mexico, USA. | 216 |
| Eric’s Ringtail (Erpetogomphus erici) | map | Mexico. | 217 |
| Blue-faced Ringtail (Erpetogomphus eutainia) | map | 218 | |
| Dashed Ringtail (Erpetogomphus heterodon) | map | Mexico, USA. | 219 |
| Serpent Ringtail (Erpetogomphus lampropeltis) | map | Mexico, USA. | 220 |
| Dark-shouldered Ringtail (Erpetogomphus liopeltis) | map | Mexico. | 221 |
| Black-tailed Ringtail (Erpetogomphus molossus) | map | Mexico, USA. | 222 |
| Tuxtla Ringtail (Erpetogomphus ophibolus) | map | Belize, Guatemala, Mexico. | 223 |
| Rio Hondo Ringtail (Erpetogomphus oxybelis) | map | Mexico. | 224 |
| Plateau Ringtail (Erpetogomphus sipedon) | map | Mexico. | 225 |
| Viper Ringtail (Erpetogomphus viperinus) | map | Mexico. | 226 |
| Plains Clubtail (Gomphurus externus) | map | 227 | |
| Tamaulipan Clubtail (Gomphurus gonzalezi) | map | Mexico, USA. | 228 |
| Grappletail (Octogomphus specularis) | map | 229 | |
| Mexican Snaketail (Ophiogomphus purepecha) | map | Mexico. | 230 |
| Sulphur-tipped Clubtail (Phanogomphus militaris) | map | Mexico, USA. | 231 |
| Ringed Forceptail (Phyllocycla breviphylla) | map | 232 | |
| Angle-tipped Forceptail (Phyllocycla elongata) | map | Mexico. | 233 |
| Tiny Forceptail (Phyllocycla volsella) | map | 234 | |
| Five-striped Leaftail (Phyllogomphoides albrighti) | map | Mexico, USA. | 235 |
| Spine-tipped Leaftail (Phyllogomphoides apiculatus) | map | Mexico. | 236 |
| Two-striped Leaftail (Phyllogomphoides bifasciatus) | map | 237 | |
| Daniel’s Leaftail (Phyllogomphoides danieli) | map | Mexico. | 238 |
| Double-toothed Leaftail (Phyllogomphoides duodentatus) | map | 239 | |
| Enrique's Leaftail (Phyllogomphoides enriquei) | map | Mexico. | 240 |
| Chiapas Leaftail (Phyllogomphoides indicatrix) | map | Mexico. | 241 |
| Luis’s Leaftail (Phyllogomphoides luisi) | map | Mexico. | 242 |
| West Mexican Leaftail (Phyllogomphoides nayaritensis) | map | Mexico. | 243 |
| Pacific Leaftail (Phyllogomphoides pacificus) | map | Mexico. | 244 |
| Tuxtla Leaftail (Phyllogomphoides pugnifer) | map | 245 | |
| Four-striped Leaftail (Phyllogomphoides stigmatus) | map | Mexico, USA. | 246 |
| Common Leaftail (Phyllogomphoides suasus) | map | 247 | |
| Yellow-patterned Clubtail (Progomphus amarillus) | map | Mexico. | 248 |
| Belyshev’s Sanddragon (Progomphus belyshevi) | map | Mexico. | 249 |
| Gray Sanddragon (Progomphus borealis) | map | Mexico, USA. | 250 |
| Zebra-striped Sanddragon (Progomphus clendoni) | map | 251 | |
| Lamberto’s Sanddragon (Progomphus lambertoi) | map | Mexico. | 252 |
| Forest Sanddragon (Progomphus longistigma) | map | 253 | |
| Marcela’s Sanddragon (Progomphus marcelae) | map | Mexico. | 254 |
| Mexican Sanddragon (Progomphus mexicanus) | map | 255 | |
| Pygmy Sanddragon (Progomphus pygmaeus) | map | 256 | |
| Ris’s Sanddragon (Progomphus risi) | map | Guatemala, Mexico. | 257 |
| Splendid Sanddragon (Progomphus zonatus) | map | Mexico. | 258 |
| Plateau Clubtail (Stylurus falcatus) | map | Mexico. | 259 |
| Brimstone Clubtail (Stylurus intricatus) | map | 260 | |
| Russet-tipped Clubtail (Stylurus plagiatus) | map | 261 | |
| Goldenrings (Cordulegastridae) | |||
| Apache Spiketail (Cordulegaster diadema) | map | 262 | |
| Cloudforest Spiketail (Cordulegaster virginiae) | map | Mexico. | 263 |
| Pacific Spiketail (Zoraena dorsalis) | map | 264 | |
| Idomacromiidae (Idomacromiidae) | |||
| Bates’s Emerald (Neocordulia batesi) | map | 265 | |
| Cruisers (Macromiidae) | |||
| Bronzed River Cruiser (Macromia annulata) | map | Mexico, USA. | 266 |
| Western River Cruiser (Macromia magnifica) | map | 267 | |
| Skimmers (Libellulidae) | |||
| Common Blue-eye (Anatya guttata) | map | 268 | |
| Red-tailed Pennant (Brachymesia furcata) | map | 269 | |
| Four-spotted Pennant (Brachymesia gravida) | map | 270 | |
| Tawny Pennant (Brachymesia herbida) | map | 271 | |
| Broad-winged Clubskimmer (Brechmorhoga latialata) | map | Mexico. | 272 |
| Pale-faced Clubskimmer (Brechmorhoga mendax) | map | 273 | |
| Little Clubskimmer (Brechmorhoga nubecula) | map | 274 | |
| Masked Clubskimmer (Brechmorhoga pertinax) | map | 275 | |
| Slender Clubskimmer (Brechmorhoga praecox) | map | 276 | |
| Amber-banded Clubskimmer (Brechmorhoga rapax) | map | 277 | |
| Tepeaca Clubskimmer (Brechmorhoga tepeaca) | map | Mexico. | 278 |
| Vivacious Clubskimmer (Brechmorhoga vivax) | map | 279 | |
| Gray-waisted Skimmer (Cannaphila insularis) | map | 280 | |
| Blue-tailed Skimmer (Cannaphila vibex) | map | 281 | |
| Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina) | map | 282 | |
| Checkered Setwing (Dythemis fugax) | map | Mexico, USA. | 283 |
| Mayan Setwing (Dythemis maya) | map | 284 | |
| Blue-eyed Setwing (Dythemis nigra) | map | 285 | |
| Black Setwing (Dythemis nigrescens) | map | Mexico, USA. | 286 |
| Brown Setwing (Dythemis sterilis) | map | 287 | |
| Swift Setwing (Dythemis velox) | map | 288 | |
| Golden Streamskimmer (Elasmothemis aliciae) | map | Guatemala, Mexico. | 289 |
| Ruddy Streamskimmer (Elasmothemis cannacrioides) | map | 290 | |
| Black Pondhawk (Erythemis attala) | map | 291 | |
| Western Pondhawk (Erythemis collocata) | map | 292 | |
| Red Pondhawk (Erythemis haematogastra) | map | 293 | |
| Claret Pondhawk (Erythemis mithroides) | map | 294 | |
| Flame-tailed Pondhawk (Erythemis peruviana) | map | 295 | |
| Pin-tailed Pondhawk (Erythemis plebeja) | map | 296 | |
| Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) | map | 297 | |
| Great Pondhawk (Erythemis vesiculosa) | map | 298 | |
| Montane Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax abjecta) | map | 299 | |
| Andagoya Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax andagoya) | map | 300 | |
| Plateau Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax basifusca) | map | 301 | |
| Seaside Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax berenice) | map | 302 | |
| Red-mantled Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax fervida) | map | 303 | |
| Black-winged Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax funerea) | map | 304 | |
| Red-faced Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax fusca) | map | 305 | |
| Band-winged Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax umbrata) | map | 306 | |
| Metallic Pennant (Idiataphe cubensis) | map | 307 | |
| Coahuila Skimmer (Libellula coahuiltecana) | map | Mexico. | 308 |
| Comanche Skimmer (Libellula comanche) | map | 309 | |
| Bleached Skimmer (Libellula composita) | map | 310 | |
| Neon Skimmer (Libellula croceipennis) | map | 311 | |
| Highland Skimmer (Libellula foliata) | map | 312 | |
| Red-mantled Skimmer (Libellula gaigei) | map | Belize, Mexico, USA. | 313 |
| Hercules Skimmer (Libellula herculea) | map | 314 | |
| Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa) | map | 315 | |
| Needham’s Skimmer (Libellula needhami) | map | 316 | |
| Hoary Skimmer (Libellula nodisticta) | map | Mexico, USA. | 317 |
| Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella) | map | 318 | |
| Flame Skimmer (Libellula saturata) | map | 319 | |
| Marl Pennant (Macrodiplax balteata) | map | 320 | |
| Delia Sylph (Macrothemis delia) | map | 321 | |
| Attenuate Sylph (Macrothemis extensa) | map | 322 | |
| Delta-spotted Sylph (Macrothemis hemichlora) | map | 323 | |
| Ivory-striped Sylph (Macrothemis imitans) | map | 324 | |
| Straw-colored Sylph (Macrothemis inacuta) | map | 325 | |
| Jade-striped Sylph (Macrothemis inequiunguis) | map | 326 | |
| Delicate Sylph (Macrothemis musiva) | map | 327 | |
| White-tailed Sylph (Macrothemis pseudimitans) | map | 328 | |
| Sierra Madre Sylph (Macrothemis ultima) | map | Mexico. | 329 |
| Hyacinth Glider (Miathyria marcella) | map | 330 | |
| Dwarf Glider (Miathyria simplex) | map | 331 | |
| Spot-tailed Dasher (Micrathyria aequalis) | map | 332 | |
| Black Dasher (Micrathyria atra) | map | 333 | |
| Petén Dasher (Micrathyria debilis) | map | 334 | |
| Even-striped Dasher (Micrathyria dictynna) | map | 335 | |
| Three-striped Dasher (Micrathyria didyma) | map | 336 | |
| Caribbean Dasher (Micrathyria dissocians) | map | 337 | |
| Thornbush Dasher (Micrathyria hagenii) | map | 338 | |
| Square-spotted Dasher (Micrathyria ocellata) | map | 339 | |
| Upland Dasher (Micrathyria paulsoni) | map | 340 | |
| Dusky Dasher (Micrathyria schumanni) | map | 341 | |
| Glossy-fronted Dryad (Nephepeltia flavifrons) | map | 342 | |
| Carmine Skimmer (Orthemis discolor) | map | 343 | |
| Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis ferruginea) | map | 344 | |
| Slender Skimmer (Orthemis levis) | map | 345 | |
| Red-tailed Skimmer (Orthemis schmidti) | map | 346 | |
| Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) | map | 347 | |
| Blue Rock Skimmer (Paltothemis cyanosoma) | map | Mexico. | 348 |
| Red Rock Skimmer (Paltothemis lineatipes) | map | 349 | |
| Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens) | map | 350 | |
| Spot-winged Glider (Pantala hymenaea) | map | 351 | |
| Slough Amberwing (Perithemis domitia) | map | 352 | |
| Mexican Amberwing (Perithemis intensa) | map | 353 | |
| Pallid Amberwing (Perithemis mooma) | map | 354 | |
| Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera) | map | 355 | |
| Mexican Scarlet-tail (Planiplax sanguiniventris) | map | 356 | |
| Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia) | map | 357 | |
| Desert Whitetail (Plathemis subornata) | map | 358 | |
| Filigree Skimmer (Pseudoleon superbus) | map | 359 | |
| Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum) | map | 360 | |
| Cardinal Meadowhawk (Sympetrum illotum) | map | 361 | |
| Spot-winged Meadowhawk (Sympetrum signiferum) | map | Mexico, USA. | 362 |
| Arch-tipped Glider (Tauriphila argo) | map | 363 | |
| Garnet Glider (Tauriphila australis) | map | 364 | |
| Aztec Glider (Tauriphila azteca) | map | 365 | |
| Evening Skimmer (Tholymis citrina) | map | 366 | |
| Vermilion Saddlebags (Tramea abdominalis) | map | 367 | |
| Sooty Saddlebags (Tramea binotata) | map | 368 | |
| Striped Saddlebags (Tramea darwini) | map | 369 | |
| Antillean Saddlebags (Tramea insularis) | map | 370 | |
| Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata) | map | 371 | |
| Red Saddlebags (Tramea onusta) | map | 372 | |
| Tropical Woodskimmer (Uracis imbuta) | map | 373 | |
| Emeralds (Corduliidae) | |||
| Dot-winged Baskettail (Epitheca petechialis) | map | 374 | |
| Prince Baskettail (Epitheca princeps) | map | 375 | |