Recent species from Schorr, Lindeboom & Paulson, 2003

<==o Trithemis Brauer, 1868
   |-- T. aconita Lieftinck, 1969 [Trapezostigma euryale Selys, 1878]
   |-- T. aenea Pinhey, 1961
   |-- T. aequalis Lieftinck, 1969 [Trithemis falconis Pinhey, 1970]
   |-- T. africana (Brauer, 1867) [Tramea africana Brauer, 1867; Trithemis tropicana Fraser, 1953]
   |-- T. annulata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805) [Libellula annulata Palisot de Beauvois, 1805; Libellula haematina Rambur, 1842; Libellula obsoleta Rambur, 1842; Libellula rubrinervis Selys, 1841; Tramea erythraea Brauer, 1867; Trithemis scorteccii Nielsen, 1935; Trithemis violacea Sjöstedt, 1900]
   |-- T. anomala Pinhey, 1955
   |-- T. arteriosa (Burmeister, 1839) [Libellula arteriosa Burmeister, 1839; Libellula conjuncta Selys, 1887; Libellula distincta Rambur, 1842; Libellula rubella Brullé, 1844; Libellula stuhlmanni Gerstäcker, 1891; Trithemis ennediensis Pinhey, 1970; Trithemis sanguinolenta Förster, 1906]
   |-- T. aurora (Burmeister, 1839) [Libellula aurora Burmeister, 1839; Trithemis adelpha Selys, 1878; Trithemis congener Kirby, 1890; Trithemis fraterna Albarda, 1881; Trithemis soror Brauer, 1868]
   |-- T. basitincta Ris, 1912
   |-- T. bifida Pinhey, 1970
   |-- T. bredoi Fraser, 1953
   |-- T. brydeni Pinhey, 1970
   |-- T. congolica Pinhey, 1970
   |-- T. dejouxi Pinhey, 1978
   |-- T. dichroa Karsch, 1893
   |-- T. serva Kirby, 1900
   |-- T. donaldsoni (Calvert, 1899) [Pseudomacromia donaldsoni Calvert, 1899; Trithemis erlangeri Förster, 1906]
   |-- T. dorsalis (Rambur, 1842) [Libellula dorsalis Rambur, 1842; Misthotus ambiguus Kirby, 1905; Misthotus marshalli Kirby, 1905; Stoechia distanti Kirby, 1898]
   |-- T. ellenbeckii Förster, 1906
   |-- T. festiva (Rambur, 1842) [Libellula festiva Rambur, 1842; Libellula infernalis Brauer, 1865; Trithemis proserpina Selys, 1878]
   |-- T. fumosa Pinhey, 1962
   |-- T. furva Karsch, 1899 [Trithemis risi Longfield, 1936]
   |-- T. grouti Pinhey, 1961 [Trithemis atra Pinhey, 1961; Trithemis leptosoma Pinhey, 1966]
   |-- T. hartwigi Pinhey, 1970
   |-- T. hecate Ris, 1912 [Libellula hova Selys, 1869 (nec Rambur, 1842); Trithemis aureola Ris, 1912]
   |-- T. imitata Pinhey, 1961
   |-- T. jacksoni Pinhey, 1970
   |-- T. kalula Kirby, 1900
   |-- T. kirbyi Selys, 1891 [Libellula ardens Gerstäcker, 1891; Trithemis comorensis Fraser, 1959; Trithemis dallonia Navás, 1936]
   |-- T. lilacina Förster, 1899
   |-- T. limbata Selys, 1891
   |-- T. monardi Ris, 1931 [Trithemis insuffusa Pinhey, 1970]
   |-- T. nigra Longfield, 1936
   |-- T. nuptialis Karsch, 1894
   |-- T. osvaldae d'Andrea and Carfi, 1997
   |-- T. pallidinervis (Kirby, 1889) [Sympetrum pallidinervis Kirby, 1889; Trithemis dryas Selys, 1891]
   |-- T. persephone Ris, 1912
   |-- T. pluvialis Förster, 1906 [Trithemis melanisticta Pinhey, 1970]
   |-- T. pruinata Karsch, 1899
   |-- T. selika (Selys, 1869) [Libellula selika Selys, 1869; Trithemis maia Ris, 1915]
   |-- T. stictica (Burmeister, 1839) [Libellula stictica Burmeister, 1839; Trithemis parasticta Pinhey, 1955]
   `-- T. werneri Ris, 1912

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