Calopteryginae is a subfamily of broad-winged damselflies in the family Calopterygidae. There are about 17 genera and more than 160 described species in Calopteryginae. [1][2][3]
| Calopteryginae | |
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| Calopteryx maculata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Calopterygidae |
| Subfamily: | Calopteryginae Selys, 1850 |
| Tribes | |
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Genera edit
These 17 genera belong to the subfamily Calopteryginae:
- Archineura Kirby, 1894
- Atrocalopteryx Dumont et al., 2005
- Caliphaea Hagen, 1859
- Calopteryx Leach, 1815 (jewelwings)
- Echo Selys, 1853
- Iridictyon Needham & Fisher, 1940
- Matrona Selys, 1853
- Matronoides Foerster, 1897
- Mnais Selys, 1853
- Neurobasis Selys, 1853
- Noguchiphaea Asahina, 1976
- Phaon Selys, 1853
- Psolodesmus McLachlan, 1870
- Sapho Selys, 1853
- Umma Kirby, 1890
- Vestalaria May, 1935
- Vestalis Selys, 1853
References edit
- ^ Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Dow, Rory A.; Stokvis, Frank R.; et al. (2014). "Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata)". Systematic Entomology. 39 (1): 68–96. doi:10.1111/syen.12035.
- ^ "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Further reading edit
- Garrison, Rosser W. (1997). Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia (eds.). Odonata. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. Vol. 4: Non–Holometabolous Orders. Entomological Information Services. pp. 551–580. ISBN 978-1-889002-04-0.
- Kalkman, V. J. (2013). Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae (PhD). Leiden University. hdl:1887/22953.
- Steinmann, Henrik (1997). Wermuth, Heinz; Fischer, Maximilian (eds.). World Catalogue of Odonata, Volume I: Zygoptera. Das Tierreich. Vol. 110. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-014933-3.
- Westfall, Minter J. Jr.; May, Michael L. (1996). Damselflies of North America. Scientific Publishers. ISBN 978-0-945417-93-4.