Orthemis
Orthemis is a genus of large Neotropical dragonflies, commonly called Tropical King Skimmers. The males are generally red and the females brown.
Species
The genus contains the following species:| Male | Female | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
| Orthemis aciculata von Ellenrieder, 2012 | Surinam | |||
| Orthemis aequilibris Calvert, 1909 | Central america, northern south america | |||
| Orthemis ambinigra Calvert, 1909 | Nova Teutonia, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, | |||
| Orthemis ambirufa Calvert, 1909 | Colombia, Venezuela and the Guyanas south to N Bolivia and Brazil | |||
| Orthemis anthracina De Marmels, 1989 | Venezuela and Trinidad south through Surinam and N Peru | |||
| Orthemis attenuata | Colombia, Venezuela, and Guyana south to Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil | |||
| Orthemis biolleyi Calvert, 1906 | Yellow-lined Skimmer | Colombia, Brazil, Peru | ||
| Orthemis celata von Ellenrieder, 2012 | Pará State, Brazil | |||
| Orthemis cinnamomea von Ellenrieder, 2009 | Ecuador to N Peru | |||
| Orthemis concolor Ris, 1919 | Concolored Skimmer | Venezuela and Trinidad through the Guyanas to N Brazil | ||
| Orthemis coracina von Ellenrieder, 2009 | Colombia, Surinam, and N Brazil to Ecuador and N Peru | |||
| Orthemis cultriformis Calvert, 1899 | Costa Rica in Central America south to Paraguay and N Argentina in South America | |||
| Orthemis discolor | Carmine Skimmer | W Brazil and N Peru | ||
| Orthemis faaseni von Ellenrieder, 2012 | Brazil, Rondônia State, Porto Velho | |||
| Orthemis ferruginea | Roseate Skimmer | United States to Brazil. | ||
| Orthemis flavopicta Kirby, 1889 | Bolívar State in SVenezuela and N Brazil south to central Brazil and Bolivia | |||
| Orthemis garrisoni von Ellenrieder, 2012 | Panama | |||
| Orthemis harpago von Ellenrieder, 2009 | Panguana, Río Yuyapichis, Huanuco Prov., Peru | |||
| Orthemis levis Calvert, 1906 | Mexico to N Colombia and Venezuela | |||
| Orthemis macrostigma | West Indies | |||
| Orthemis nodiplaga Karsch, 1891 | Brazil | |||
| Orthemis paulsoni von Ellenrieder, 2012 | SE Peru and Ecuador | |||
| Orthemis philipi von Ellenrieder, 2009 | Paraguay and N Argentina | |||
| Orthemis plaumanni Buchholz, 1950 | ||||
| Orthemis regalis Ris, 1910 | Regal Skimmer | Venezuela and Surinam to Ecuador N Peru and N Brazil | ||
| Orthemis schmidti Buchholz, 1950 | Red-tailed Skimmer | Mexico to Brazil and Peru | ||
| Orthemis sulphurata Hagen, 1868 | Colombia, Ecuador | |||
| Orthemis tambopatae von Ellenrieder, 2009 | S Peru and Bolivia | |||
| Orthemis teres von Ellenrieder, 2012 | Bolivia |