Mae'n fwy na phosibl mai'r teulu yma o bryfaid , y Libellulidae (Cymraeg: teulu'r Picellwyr ) ydy'r teulu mwyaf o weision neidr ar wyneb y Ddaear. Mae'n cynnwys yr isdeuluoedd: Corduliidae a'r Macromiidae yn ôl rhai, er bod cryn ddadlau am hyn gan naturiaethwyr. Hyd yn oed heb y ddau isdeulu hyn, mae'r teulu Libellulidae'n dal i gynnwys dros 1,000 o rywogaethau.
Mae eu tiriogaeth yn ymestyn dros wyneb y Ddaear, fwy neu lai, ond ceir ambell un, fel Libellula angelina sy'n hynod o brin. Mae llawer o aelodau'r teulu hwn yn lliwgar eithriadol, neu gyda bandiau ar eu hadenydd. Mae'r genws cysylltiedig, Plathemis yn cynnwys y 'cynffonau gwynion'. Mae'r genws Celithemis yn cynnwys sawl rhywogaeth hynod o liwgar, a welir yn yr Unol Daleithiau. Lliwgar hefyd ydy'r rhywogaethau yn y genera Trithemis a Zenithoptera ac ymhlith y rhai mwyaf cyffredin y mae: Tramea a Pantala .
Mae'r picellwyr canlynol i'w cael yng ngwledydd Prydain:
Genera
Mae Libelluidae yn cynnwys y genera canlynol:
Acisoma Rambur, 1842 – pintails
Aethiothemis Martin, 1908
Aethriamanta Kirby, 1889
Agrionoptera Brauer, 1864
Amphithemis Selys, 1891
Anatya Kirby, 1889
Anectothemis Fraser, 1954
Antidythemis Kirby, 1889
Archaeophlebia Ris, 1909
Argyrothemis Ris, 1911
Atoconeura Karsch, 1899
Atratothemis Wilson, 2005
Austrothemis Ris, 1909
Bironides Förster, 1903
Boninthemis Asahina, 1952
Brachydiplax Brauer, 1868
Brachygonia Kirby, 1889
Brachymesia Kirby, 1889 – tropical pennants
Brachythemis Brauer, 1868
Bradinopyga Kirby, 1893
Brechmorhoga Kirby, 1894 – clubskimmers
Calophlebia Selys, 1896
Camacinia Kirby, 1889
Cannaphila Kirby, 1889 – narrow-winged skimmers
Celebophlebia Lieftinck, 1936
Celebothemis Ris, 1909
Celithemis Hagen, 1861 – pennants
Chalcostephia Kirby, 1889
Chalybeothemis Lieftinck, 1933
Congothemis Fraser, 1953
Cratilla Kirby, 1900
Crocothemis Brauer, 1868 – skimmers
Cyanothemis Ris, 1915
Dasythemis Karsch, 1889
Deielia Kirby, 1889
Diastatops Rambur, 1842
Diplacina Brauer, 1868
Diplacodes Kirby, 1889 – perchers
Dythemis Hagen, 1861 – setwings
Edonis Needham, 1905
Elasmothemis Westfall, 1988
Eleuthemis Ris, 1910
Elga Ris, 1911
Epithemis Laidlaw, 1955
Erythemis Hagen, 1861 – pondhawks
Erythrodiplax Brauer, 1868 – dragonlets
Fylgia Kirby, 1889 - white-eyed skimmer
Garrisonia Peñalva & Costa, 2007
Hadrothemis Karsch, 1891 – jungle-skimmers
Hemistigma Kirby, 1889 – pied-spots
Huonia Förster, 1903
Hydrobasileus Kirby, 1889
Hylaeothemis Ris, 1909
Hypothemis Karsch, 1889
Idiataphe Cowley, 1934 – metallic pennants
Indothemis Ris, 1909
Ladona Needham, 1897
Lanthanusa Ris, 1909
Lathrecista Kirby, 1889
Leucorrhinia Brittinger, 1850 – whitefaces
Libellula Linnaeus, 1758 (including Plathemis )
Lokia Ris, 1919
Lyriothemis Brauer, 1868
Macrodiplax Brauer, 1868 – marl pennants
Macrothemis Hagen, 1868 – sylphs
Malgassophlebia Fraser, 1956
Miathyria Kirby, 1889 – dashers
Micrathyria Kirby, 1889 – tropical dashers
Micromacromia Karsch, 1890
Microtrigonia Förster, 1903
Misagria Kirby, 1889
Nannodiplax Brauer, 1868
Nannophlebia Selys, 1878
Nannophya Rambur, 1842
Nannophyopsis Lieftinck, 1935
Nannothemis Brauer, 1868 – skimmers
Neodythemis Karsch, 1889
Nephepeltia Kirby, 1889
Nesciothemis Longfield, 1955
Nesogonia Kirby, 1898
Nesoxenia Kirby, 1889
Neurothemis Brauer, 1867
Nothodiplax Belle, 1984
Notiothemis Ris, 1919 – forestwatchers
Notolibellula Theischinger & Watson, 1977
Oligoclada Karsch, 1890
Olpogastra Karsch, 1895
Onychothemis Brauer, 1868
Orchithemis Brauer, 1878
Orionothemis Fleck, Hamada & Carvalho, 2009
Orthemis Hagen, 1861 – tropical king skimmers
Orthetrum Newman, 1833
Oxythemis Ris, 1909
Pachydiplax Brauer, 1868 – blue dasher
Pacificothemis Asahina, 1940
Palaeothemis Fraser, 1923
Palpopleura Rambur, 1842
Paltothemis Karsch, 1890 – rock skimmers
Pantala Hagen, 1861 – rainpool gliders
Parazyxomma Pinhey, 1961
Perithemis Hagen, 1861 – amberwings
Phyllothemis Fraser, 1935
Planiplax Muttkowski, 1910
Plathemis Hagen, 1861
Pornothemis Krüger, 1902
Porpacithemis Fraser, 1954
Porpax Karsch, 1896
Potamarcha Karsch, 1890
Protorthemis Kirby, 1889
Pseudagrionoptera Ris, 1909
Pseudoleon Kirby, 1889
Pseudothemis Kirby, 1889
Pseudotramea Fraser, 1920
Raphismia Kirby, 1889
Rhodopygia Kirby, 1889
Rhodothemis Ris, 1909
Rhyothemis Hagen, 1867
Risiophlebia Cowley, 1934
Scapanea Kirby, 1889
Selysiothemis Ris, 1897
Sleuthemis Fraser, 1951
Sympetrum Newman, 1833 – meadowhawks, darters
Tapeinothemis Lieftinck, 1950
Tauriphila Kirby, 1889 – pasture gliders
Tetrathemis Brauer, 1868
Thalassothemis Ris, 1909
Thermochoria Kirby, 1889
Thermorthemis Kirby, 1889
Tholymis Hagen, 1867 – evening skimmers
Tramea Hagen, 1861 – saddlebags
Trithemis Brauer, 1868 – dropwings
Trithetrum Dijkstra & Pilgrim, 2007
Tyriobapta Kirby, 1889
Uracis Rambur, 1842
Urothemis Brauer, 1868
Viridithemis Fraser, 1960
Ypirangathemis Santos, 1945
Zenithoptera Selys, 1869
Zygonoides Fraser, 1957
Zygonychidium Lindley, 1970
Zygonyx Hagen, 1867
Zyxomma Rambur, 1842
Galeri
Cyfeiriadau
Silsby, Jill. 2001. Dragonflies of the World . Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.
Dolennau allanol
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