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Boghaunters

 

genus: Williamsonia

Boghaunters

This is a genus of two rare, small blackish or brownish dragonflies that are without or have little metallic coloration except on top of the head in mature males.  The thorax is brown, Abdomen is black or brown, with more or less broken rings of yellow across the middle segments.  The under-parts and appendages are blackish. with legs blackish beyond their pale bases.  The wings are hyaline.  

Rare and local in bogs and fens.

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