Yellow-tipped Tigertail (Choristhemis flavoterminata)

Yellow-tipped Tigertail (Choristhemis flavoterminata)

Inhabits streams and rivers

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• Synthemistidae: Key couplet 1 of 26

• ○ Dark markings, if present, confined to basal parts of wings

• Synthemistidae: Key couplet 2 of 26

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• ● Generally two to five crossveins in median space of all wings

• Synthemistidae: Key couplet 9 of 26

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• ● An accessory thick antenodal in forewing in addition to the two primaries; this and the two previous alternating with thin antenodals
  ○ Male tergum 10 without pale dorsal cone
  ○ Ovipositor, if developed, not reaching beyond segment 9

• Synthemistidae: Key couplet 11 of 26

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• ● Anterior frons pale, or pale with black stripe, often quite broad, in midline

• Synthemistidae: Key couplet 12 of 26

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• ○ Frons narrow
  ○ Membranule of both wings vestigial
  ● Female ovipositor well developed
  
  ⇒ genus: Choristhemis

• Synthemistidae: Key couplet 13 of 26

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• ● Front of thorax lacking large yellow patch, sides of synthorax with simple yellow markings
  ○ Abdominal segments 9 and 10 mainly yellow on top.
  
  ⇒ species: Yellow-Tipped Tigertail (Choristhemis flavoterminata)