Chlorocyphidae
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| Chlorocyphidae | |
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| Rhinocypha bisignata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Superfamily: | Calopterygoidea |
| Family: | Chlorocyphidae Cowley, 1937 |
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Chlorocyphidae is a family of damselflies, commonly known as jewels or heliodors.[1] These are colorful species native to the Old World tropics, where they occur along forest streams. They are most diverse in Southeast Asia.[2]
Systematics
[edit]This family is monophyletic, containing about 20 genera.[3][4] The Global Biodiversity Information Facility[5] currently includes:
- Africocypha Pinhey, 1961
- Aristocypha Laidlaw, 1950
- Calocypha Fraser, 1928
- Chlorocypha Fraser, 1928
- Cyrano Needham & Gyger, 1939
- Disparocypha Ris, 1916
- Heliocypha Fraser, 1949
- Heterocypha Laidlaw, 1950
- Indocypha Fraser, 1949
- Libellago Selys, 1840
- Melanocypha Fraser, 1949
- Micromerus Rambur, 1842
- Pachycypha Lieftinck, 1950
- Paracypha Fraser, 1949
- Platycypha Fraser, 1949
- Rhinocypha Rambur, 1842
- Rhinoneura Laidlaw, 1915
- Stenocypha Dijkstra, 2013
- Sundacypha Laidlaw, 1950
- Watuwila van Tol, 1998
Gallery
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Libellago lineata, male -
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Mitra, A., et al. (2014). Odonata survey in Central and Western Bhutan covering eight Dzongkhags (Districts): an annotated species list with nine new records. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 2(2), 11-15.
- ^ Hämäläinen, M., & Karube, H. (2001). Rhinocypha orea spec. nov., a new damselfly from Vietnam (Odonata: Chlorocyphidae). Zoologische Mededelingen, 75, 405-408.
- ^ Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Bechly, Günter; Bybee, Seth M.; Dow, Rory A.; Dumont, Henri J.; Fleck, Günther; Garrison, Rosser W.; Hämäläinen, Matti; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Karube, Haruki; May, Michael L.; Orr, Albert G.; Paulson, Dennis R.; Rehn, Andrew C.; Theischinger, Günther; Trueman, John W.H.; Van Tol, Jan; von Ellenrieder, Natalia; Ware, Jessica (2013). "The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013)". Zootaxa. 3703 (1): 36–45. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9. hdl:10072/61365. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ^ Van Tol, J. (1998). The Odonata of Sulawesi and adjacent islands. Part 4. A new genus and species of Chlorocyphidae from South-East Sulawesi. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 323(35), 441-448.
- ^ Global Biodiversity Information Facility: family Chlorocyphidae (retrieved 2 December 2024)
External links
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Data related to Chlorocyphidae at Wikispecies
Media related to Chlorocyphidae at Wikimedia Commons
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