Pantala flavescens

Pantala flavescens
	male, Kerala, India
	female, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Genus:	Pantala
Species:	P. flavescens
Binomial name
	Pantala flavescens; (Fabricius, 1798)
	Distribution of Pantala flavescens
Synonyms
	Libellula analis Burmeister, 1839; Libellula flavescens Fabricius, 1798; Libellula terminalis Burmeister, 1839; Libellula viridula Palisot de Beauvois, 1807; Orthetrum mathewi Singh & Baijal, 1955; Sympetrum tandicola Singh, 1955;

Pantala flavescens,^[3] the globe skimmer, globe wanderer or wandering glider,^[1] is a wide-ranging dragonfly of the family Libellulidae.^[1] This species and Pantala hymenaea, the "spot-winged glider", are the only members of the genus Pantala. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798.^[4] It is considered to be the most widespread dragonfly on the planet, with good population on every continent except Antarctica, although rare in Europe.^[1]^[5] Globe skimmers make an annual multigenerational journey of some 18,000 km (about 11,200 miles); to complete the migration, individual globe skimmers fly more than 6,000 km (3,730 miles)—one of the farthest known migrations of all insect species.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Boudot, J.-P.; Clausnitzer, V.; Samraoui, B.; Suhling, F.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Schneider, W.; Paulson, D.R. (2016). "Pantala flavescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T59971A65818523. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59971A65818523.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Vol. 5. Hafniae : Proft et Storch. pp. 573 [285]. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.65803 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
^ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2023). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama. Retrieved 14 Mar 2023.
^ Henrik Steinmann (1997). World Catalogue of Odonata (in German). Vol. Band II (Anisoptera). Berlin/New York: de Gruyter. pp. 542f. ISBN 978-3-11-014934-0.
^ James William Tutt (1997). "The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation" (in German). London: Charles Phipps. pp. 213. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] Boudot, J.-P.; Clausnitzer, V.; Samraoui, B.; Suhling, F.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Schneider, W.; Paulson, D.R. (2016). "Pantala flavescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T59971A65818523. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59971A65818523.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[Fabricius_1798-2] Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Vol. 5. Hafniae : Proft et Storch. pp. 573 [285]. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.65803 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[wol-3] Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2023). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama. Retrieved 14 Mar 2023.

[Steinmann-4] Henrik Steinmann (1997). World Catalogue of Odonata (in German). Vol. Band II (Anisoptera). Berlin/New York: de Gruyter. pp. 542f. ISBN 978-3-11-014934-0.

[Tutt-5] James William Tutt (1997). "The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation" (in German). London: Charles Phipps. pp. 213. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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