Recent species from Schorr, Lindeboom & Paulson, 2003

<==o Orthetrum Newman, 1833
   |-- O. abbotti Calvert, 1892 [Libellula macrostigma Rambur, 1842; Orthetrum flavidulum Kirby, 1898; Orthetrum malgassicum Pinhey, 1970; Orthetrum phillipsi Kirby, 1898; Oxythemis villiersi Fraser, 1949]
   |-- O. africanum (Selys, 1887) [Lepthemis africana Selys, 1887]
   |-- O. albistylum Selys, 1848 [Libellula albicauda Brauer, 1865]
   |-- O. anceps (Schneider, 1845) [Libellula anceps Schneider, 1845; Libellula ramburii Selys, 1848]
   |-- O. angustiventre (Rambur, 1842) [Libellula angustiventris Rambur, 1842; Orthetrum aequale Baumann, 1898; Orthetrum leoninum Karsch, 1898]
   |-- O. austeni (Kirby, 1900) [Thermorthemis austeni Kirby, 1900; Hadrothemis burgeoni Schouteden, 1934; Orthetrum afrum Martin, 1908; Thermorthemis monteiroi Kirby, 1900]
   |-- O. austrosundanum Lieftinck, 1953
   |-- O. azureum (Rambur, 1842) [Libellula azurea Rambur, 1842; Orthetrum lugubre Ris, 1915]
   |-- O. balteatum Lieftinck, 1933
   |-- O. borneense Kimmins, 1936
   |-- O. boumiera Watson & Arthington, 1978
   |-- O. brachiale (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805) [Libellula brachiale Palisot de Beauvois, 1805]
   |-- O. brunneum (Fonscolombe, 1837) [Libellula brunnea Fonscolombe, 1837]
   |-- O. caffrum (Burmeister, 1839) [Libellula caffra Burmeister, 1839; Libellula fasciolata Rambur, 1842; Libellula subfasciolata Brauer, 1865; Orthetrum camerunense Gambles, 1959; Orthetrum truncatum Calvert, 1892]
   |-- O. caledonicum (Brauer, 1865) [Libellula caledonica Brauer, 1865]
   |-- O. cancellatum (Linnaeus, 1758) [Libellula cancellata Linnaeus, 1758]
   |-- O. capense Calvert, 1893
   |-- O. chrysis (Selys, 1891) [Libellula chrysis Selys, 1891]
   |-- O. chrysostigma (Burmeister, 1839) [Libellula chrysostigma Burmeister, 1839; Libellula barbarum Selys, 1849; Orthetrum toddii Pinhey, 1970]
   |-- O. coerulescens (Fabricius, 1798) [Libellula coerulescens Fabricius, 1798; Libellula olympia Fonscolombe, 1837]
   |-- O. glaucum (Brauer, 1865) [Libellula glaucum Brauer, 1865; Orthetrum gangi Sahni, 1965]
   |-- O. guineense Ris, 1909
   |-- O. guptai Baijal, 1955
   |-- O. helena Buchholz, 1954
   |-- O. hintzi Schmidt, 1951 [Aethiothemis paludinis Fraser, 1954; Orthetrum vrydaghi Fraser, 1954; Orthetrum zernyi Schmidt, 1951; Oxythemis aequatorialis Fraser, 1954]
   |-- O. icteromelas Ris, 1910 [Orthetrum cinctifrons Pinhey, 1970]
   |-- O. japonicum (Uhler, 1858) [Libellula japonica Uhler, 1858; Orthetrum internum Mclachlan]
   |-- O. julia Kirby, 1900 [Orthetrum capicola Kimmins, 1957; Orthetrum congoense Fraser, 1949; Orthetrum falsum Longfield, 1955; Orthetrum nigrescens Förster, 1906]
   |-- O. kollmannspergeri Buchholz, 1959
   |-- O. kristenseni Ris, 1911
   |-- O. latihami Pinhey, 1966
   |-- O. lemur Ris, 1909 [Orthetrum milloti Fraser, 1949]
   |-- O. lineostigma (Selys, 1886) [Libellula lineostigma Selys, 1886]
   |-- O. luzonicum (Brauer, 1868) [Libellula luzonica Brauer, 1868]
   |-- O. machadoi Longfield, 1955 [Orthetrum rhodesiae Pinhey, 1961]
   |-- O. macrostigma Longfield, 1947
   |-- O. martensi Asahina, 1978
   |-- O. microstigma Ris, 1911 [Orthetrum imitans Schmidt, 1951]
   |-- O. migratum Lieftinck, 1951
   |-- O. monardi Schmidt, 1951
   |-- O. nitidinerve (Selys, 1841) [Libellula nitidinervis Selys, 1841]
   |-- O. poecilops Ris, 1916 [Orthetrum miyajimaensis Yuki & Doi, 1938]
   |-- O. pruinosum (Burmeister, 1839) [Libellula pruinosa Burmeister, 1839; Libella clelia Selys, 1878; Libellula neglecta Rambur, 1842; Libellula petalura Brauer, 1865; Orthetrum schneideri Förster, 1903]
   |-- O. ransonneti (Brauer, 1865) [Libellula ransonneti Brauer, 1865]
   |-- O. robustum Balinsky, 1965
   |-- O. rubens Barnard, 1937
   |-- O. sabina (Drury, 1770) [Libellula sabina Drury, 1770; Lepthemis divisa Selys, 1878; Libellula ampullacea Schneider, 1845; Libellula gibba Fabricius, 1798; Libellula leptura Burmeister, 1839; Orthetrum nigrescens Bartenev, 1929; Orthetrum viduatum Lieftinck, 1942]
   |-- O. saegeri Pinhey, 1966
   |-- O. sagitta Ris, 1915
   |-- O. serapia Watson, 1984
   |-- O. signiferum Lieftinck, 1926
   |-- O. silvarum Lieftinck, 1934
   |-- O. stemmale (Burmeister, 1839) [Libellula stemmalis Burmeister, 1839; Libellula coarctata Rambur, 1842; Orthetrum kalai Longfield, 1936; Orthetrum wrightii Selys, 1869]
   |-- O. taeniolatum (Schneider, 1845) [Libellula taeniolata Schneider, 1845; Orthetrum brevistylum Kirby, 1896; Orthetrum garhwalicum Singh & Baijal, 1954; Orthetrum hyalinum Kirby, 1886]
   |-- O. testaceum (Burmeister, 1839) [Libellula testacea Burmeister, 1839]
   |-- O. translatum Bartenev, 1929
   |-- O. triangulare (Selys, 1878) [Libellula triangularis Selys, 1878; Libellula delesserti Selys, 1878; Libellula melania Selys, 1883; Orthetrum chandrabali Mehrotra, 1961; Orthetrum ganeshii Mehrotra, 1961; Pseudothemis nigrifrons Matsumura, 1898]
   |-- O. trinacria (Selys, 1841) [Libellula trinacria Selys, 1841; Libellula bremii Rambur, 1842; Libellula clathrata Rambur, 1842]
   `-- O. villosovittatum (Brauer, 1868) [Libellula villosovittata Brauer, 1868; Orthetrum bismarckianum Ris, 1898; Orthetrum fenicheli Förster, 1898]

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