title: Sympetrum
text: # Sympetrum
  
  Sympetrum Newman, 1833 è un genere di libellule della famiglia Libellulidae. Le specie appartenenti a questo genere hanno il nome comune italiano di "cardinali", a causa del colore rosso intenso dei maschi della maggior parte delle specie.
  
  ## Tassonomia
  
  Comprende le seguenti specie:
  
  * Sympetrum ambiguum (Rambur, 1842)
  * Sympetrum anomalum Needham, 1930
  * Sympetrum arenicolor Jödicke, 1994
  * Sympetrum baccha (Selys, 1884)
  * Sympetrum chaconi De Marmels, 1994
  * Sympetrum commixtum (Selys, 1884)
  * Sympetrum cordulegaster (Selys, 1883)
  * Sympetrum corruptum (Hagen, 1861)
  * Sympetrum costiferum (Hagen, 1861)
  * Sympetrum croceolum (Selys, 1883)
  * Sympetrum daliensis Zhu, 1999
  * Sympetrum danae (Sulzer, 1776)
  * Sympetrum darwinianum Selys, 1883
  * Sympetrum depressiusculum (Selys, 1841)
  * Sympetrum dilatatum (Calvert, 1892)
  * Sympetrum durum Bartenev, 1916
  * Sympetrum eroticum (Selys, 1883)
  * Sympetrum evanescens De Marmels, 1992
  * Sympetrum flaveolum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Sympetrum fonscolombii (Selys, 1840)
  * Sympetrum frequens (Selys, 1883)
  * Sympetrum gilvum (Selys, 1884)
  * Sympetrum gracile Oguma, 1915
  * Sympetrum haematoneura Fraser, 1924
  * Sympetrum haritonovi Borisov, 1983
  * Sympetrum himalayanum Navás, 1934
  * Sympetrum hypomelas (Selys, 1884)
  * Sympetrum illotum (Hagen, 1861)
  * Sympetrum imitans Selys, 1886
  * Sympetrum infuscatum (Selys, 1883)
  * Sympetrum internum Montgomery, 1943
  * Sympetrum kunckeli (Selys, 1884)
  * Sympetrum maculatum Oguma, 1922
  * Sympetrum madidum (Hagen, 1861)
  * Sympetrum meridionale (Selys, 1841)
  * Sympetrum nigrifemur (Selys, 1884)
  * Sympetrum nigrocreatum Calvert, 1920
  * Sympetrum nomurai Asahina, 1997
  * Sympetrum obtrusum (Hagen, 1861)
  * Sympetrum orientale (Selys, 1883)
  * Sympetrum pallipes (Hagen, 1874)
  * Sympetrum paramo De Marmels, 2001
  * Sympetrum parvulum (Bartenev, 1912)
  * Sympetrum pedemontanum (Müller, 1766)
  * Sympetrum risi Bartenev, 1914
  * Sympetrum roraimae De Marmels, 1988
  * Sympetrum rubicundulum (Say, 1840)
  * Sympetrum ruptum Needham, 1930
  * Sympetrum sanguineum (Müller, 1764)
  * Sympetrum semicinctum (Say, 1840)
  * Sympetrum signiferum Cannings & Garrison, 1991
  * Sympetrum sinaiticum Dumont, 1977
  * Sympetrum speciosum Oguma, 1915
  * Sympetrum striolatum (Charpentier, 1840)
  * Sympetrum tibiale (Ris, 1897)
  * Sympetrum uniforme (Selys, 1883)
  * Sympetrum verum Bartenev, 1916
  * Sympetrum vicinum (Hagen, 1861)
  * Sympetrum villosum Ris, 1911
  * Sympetrum vulgatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Sympetrum xiaoi Han & Zhu, 1997
  