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Chlorocyphidae

Chlorocyphidae
Rhinocypha bisignata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Superfamily: Calopterygoidea
Family: Chlorocyphidae
Cowley, 1937
Genera

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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

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This family is monophyletic, containing about 20 genera.[3][4] The Global Biodiversity Information Facility[5] currently (December 2024) includes:

  1. Africocypha Pinhey, 1961
  2. Aristocypha Laidlaw, 1950
  3. Calocypha Fraser, 1928
  4. Chlorocypha Fraser, 1928
  5. Cyrano Needham & Gyger, 1939
  6. Disparocypha Ris, 1916
  7. Heliocypha Fraser, 1949
  8. Heterocypha Laidlaw, 1950 (monotypic)
  9. Indocypha Fraser, 1949
  10. Libellago Selys, 1840
  11. Melanocypha Fraser, 1949
  12. Micromerus Rambur, 1842 - Java?
  13. Pachycypha Lieftinck, 1950
  14. Paracypha Fraser, 1949
  15. Platycypha Fraser, 1949
  16. Rhinocypha Rambur, 1842
  17. Rhinoneura Laidlaw, 1915
  18. Stenocypha Dijkstra, 2013
  19. Sundacypha Laidlaw, 1950
  20. Watuwila van Tol, 1998
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Hämäläinen, M., & Karube, H. (2001). Rhinocypha orea spec. nov., a new damselfly from Vietnam (Odonata: Chlorocyphidae). Zoologische Mededelingen, 75, 405-408.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Global Biodiversity Information Facility: family Chlorocyphidae (retrieved 2 December 2024)
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