Phyllopetalia is a genus of dragonflies in the family Austropetaliidae. They are commonly known as redspots.
| Phyllopetalia | |
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| Phyllopetalia excrescens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Austropetaliidae |
| Genus: | Phyllopetalia Selys, 1858[1] |
| Type species | |
| Phyllopetalia stictica Hagen in Selys, 1858
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All the species are endemic to Chile except for P. pudu which also occurs in Argentina.
The genus contains the following species:[3]
- Phyllopetalia altarensis (Carle, 1996) - Metropolitan Redspot[4]
- Phyllopetalia apicalis Selys, 1858 - Narrow-flanged Redspot[5]
- Phyllopetalia apollo Selys, 1878 - Apollo Redspot[6]
- Phyllopetalia excrescens (Carle, 1996) - Peaked Redspot[7]
- Phyllopetalia pudu Dunkle, 1985 - Pudu Redspot[8]
- Phyllopetalia stictica Hagen in Selys, 1858 - Unicorn Redspot[9]
References edit
- ^ De Selys Longchamps, Edm.; Hagen, H. A. (1858). "Sous-genre II.—Phyllopétalie (Phyllopetalia), De Selys". Monographie de Gomphines. Bruxelles et Leipzig: C. Muquardt. pp. 616–621.
- ^ Garrison, Rosser W.; von Ellenrieder, Natalia; Louton, Jerry A. (2006). "Phyllopetalia". Dragonfly Genera of the New World: An illustrated and annotated key to the Anisoptera. Baltimore: JHU Press. p. 22.
- ^ Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- ^ von Ellenrieder, N. & Paulson, D. (2006). "Phyllopetalia altarensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T59756A12014533. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T59756A12014533.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ von Ellenrieder, N. (2009). "Phyllopetalia apicalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T63232A12641779. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T63232A12641779.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ von Ellenrieder, N. & Paulson, D. (2007). "Phyllopetalia apollo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63233A12642109. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63233A12642109.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ von Ellenrieder, N. & Paulson, D. (2006). "Phyllopetalia excrescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T59757A12014626. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T59757A12014626.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ von Ellenrieder, N. (2009). "Phyllopetalia pudu". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T59758A12014715. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T59758A12014715.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ von Ellenrieder, N. (2009). "Phyllopetalia stictica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T59759A12014989. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T59759A12014989.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
Further reading edit
- Dunkle, S. W. (1985). "Phyllopetalia pudu spec. nov., a new dragonfly from Chile, with a key to the family (Anisoptera: Neopetaliidae)". Odonatologica. 14 (3): 191–199.
- Carle, F. L. (1996). "Revision of Austropetaliidae (Anisoptera: Aeshnoidea)". Odonatologica. 25 (3): 231–259.
- von Ellenrieder, Natalia (2005). "Taxonomy of the South American Phyllopetalia (Odonata: Austropetaliidae)". International Journal of Odonatology. 8 (2): 311–352. doi:10.1080/13887890.2005.9748258. hdl:11336/54397. S2CID 219598061.
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