Atrocalopteryx is a genus of damselflies belonging to the family Calopterygidae. It was established in 2005 during a phylogenetic study of the family, and its definition is still unclear.[2]

Atrocalopteryx
Atrocalopteryx atrata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Calopterygidae
Subfamily: Calopteryginae
Tribe: Calopterygini
Genus: Atrocalopteryx
Dumont, Vanfleteren, De Jonckheere & Weekers, 2005[1]

Species edit

Species include:[2][3]

References edit

  1. ^ Dumont, H. J., Vanfleteren, J. R., De Jonckheere, J. F., & Weekers, P. H. (2005). Phylogenetic relationships, divergence time estimation, and global biogeographic patterns of calopterygoid damselflies (Odonata, Zygoptera) inferred from ribosomal DNA sequences.[dead link] Systematic Biology, 54(3), 347-362.
  2. ^ a b Hämäläinen, M. (2014). Atrocalopteryx auco spec. nov. from Vietnam, with taxonomic notes on its congeners (Odonata: Calopterygidae). Zootaxa, 3793(5), 561-572.
  3. ^ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.