Pantala
Hagen, 1861
rainpool gliders
Species Guides
2- Pantala flavescens(globe skimmer)
- Pantala hymenaea(spot-winged glider)
Pantala is a of in the Libellulidae, commonly known as rainpool gliders. are medium-sized to large with dull orange-yellow coloration. The genus is found almost worldwide and contains some of the most remarkable long-distance migrants among insects, with Pantala flavescens (globe skimmer) completing multi-generational transoceanic spanning thousands of miles between continents.



Pronunciation
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Distribution
Almost worldwide. Pantala flavescens is found on every continent except Antarctica, with documented circuits connecting India, Africa, Japan, and the Americas.
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- Wikipedia
- GBIF taxonomy match
- iNaturalist taxon
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Catalogue of Life
- Pantala flavescens - Entomology Today
- This Dragonfly's Migratory Route is Even Longer than the Monarch Butterfly's
- How a Hydrogen Isotope Reveals a Dragonfly's Long-Distance Journey
- Citizen Scientists Needed for the Migratory Dragonfly Partnership
- Insect Migration (Part 1) - Buglife Blog - Buglife
- Mudo Pryfed (Rhan 1) - Buglife Blog - Buglife
- Transoceanic migration network of dragonfly Pantala flavescens: origin, dispersal and timing
- Habitat selection for oviposition by Pantala flavescens (Fab.) (Libellulidae: Odonata)
- Nanomechanical Behaviour of the Membranous Wings of Dragonfly Pantala flavescens Fabricius
- Antimicrobial metabolites of the intestinal fungus Trichoderma sp. QTYC44 from Pantala flavescens larvae.