Genus Erythrodiplax Brauer

Diagnosis of larvae. Body lacking long hairs (except on prothorax); head longer than thorax; third segment of antenna the longest; mandibles with four incisor teeth, number of molar teeth variable (2–4) but lacking a molar crest; distal margin of prementum obtuse and crenulated; abdomen without dorsal hooks (some species with mid-dorsal tubercles bearing tufts of hairs); lateral spines on abdominal segments VIII–IX (also on VII in some species); epiproct, paraprocts and cerci recurved ventrad (except in E. umbrata).