Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pantala hymenaea
The spot-winged glider
Littoral to pampa zone; March, April, June-October. The species breeds in open temporary pools, including brackish waters. Nymphal development may be as quick as 5 weeks. Nymphs have been found in temporary pools on Santa Cruz
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Odonata
Suborder
Anisoptera
Superfamily
Libelluloidea
Family
Libellulidae
Genus
Pantala
Species
hymenaea
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Española, Floreana, Isabela.
- Peck, S.B. (1992) The dragonflies and damselflies of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador (Insecta: Odonata). Psyche 99(4): 309-321.
- Currie, R.P. (1901) Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos Expedition, 1898-1899 Entomological Results (3): Odonata. Proc. Washington Acad. Sci. 3: 381-389.
- Linsley, E.G. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
- Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
- Gerecke, R. Peck, S.B. & Pehofer, H.E. (1995) The invertebrate fauna of the inland waters of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador) - a limnological and zoogeographical summary. Arch. Hydrobiol./ Suppl. 107(2): 113-147.
- Gloger, H. (1964) Bemerkungen über die Odonaten-Fauna der Galapagos-Inseln nach der Ausbeute von Juan Foerster, 1959. Opuscula Zoologica 74: 1-6.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Pantala hymenaea", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6752. Accessed 27 August 2025.