Galapagos Species Database
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Tramea darwini
The Striped Saddlebags
The Tramea populations present in Galapagos are conspecific with Tramea calverti. Following the principle of priority, this species should be referred to by its older name, T. darwini. (see Lorenzo-Carballa et al., 2021)
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Odonata
Suborder
Anisoptera
Superfamily
Libelluloidea
Family
Libellulidae
Genus
Tramea
Species
darwini
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Tramea cophysa darwini Calvert, 1947a; Syn.: Tramea calverti Muttkowski;
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Floreana, Isabela, Santa Cruz, San Cristóbal, Española, Santiago
- Currie, R.P. (1901) Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos Expedition, 1898-1899 Entomological Results (3): Odonata. Proc. Washington Acad. Sci. 3: 381-389.
- Lorenzo-Carballa, M.O., Garrison, R.W., Encalada, A.C., Cordero-Rivera, A. (2021) Darwin Returns to the Galapagos: Genetic and Morphological Analyses Confirm the Presence of Tramea darwini at the Archipelago (Odonata, Libellulidae). Insects. 12, 21.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Tramea darwini", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13232. Accessed 2 November 2026.