Micrathyria

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Micrathyria
Spot tailed dasher (Micrathyria aequalis) male.JPG
male M. aequalis, Tobago
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Subfamily:
Genus: Micrathyria
Kirby, 1889
Type species
Micrathyria didyma

Micrathyria is a Neotropical genus of dragonflies. They have bright green eyes and white faces. Most species have a markedly striped thorax. They are commonly known as Tropical Dashers.[1]

As of 2002, there were about 48 species.[2]

Species include:[3]

  • Micrathyria aequalis (Hagen, 1861) - Spot-tailed Dasher[4]
  • Santos, 1945
  • Ris, 1911 - Artemis Dasher[5]
  • Calvert, 1909
  • (Martin, 1897) - Black Dasher[6]
  • Santos, 1947
  • Donnelly, 1992 - Blue-tipped Dasher[7]
  • Kirby, 1897
  • Calvert, 1909
  • Geijskes, 1963
  • (Hagen, 1861)
  • Ris, 1919
  • Ris, 1911
  • Micrathyria didyma (Selys in Sagra, 1857) - Three-striped Dasher[4]
  • Calvert, 1906 - Caribbean Dasher[8]
  • Westfall, 1992
  • Westfall, 1992
  • Navás, 1922
  • Calvert, 1909
  • Kirby, 1897
  • Micrathyria hagenii Kirby, 1890 - Thornbush Dasher[4]
  • Ris, 1911
  • Ris, 1911 - Forest Dasher[9]
  • Calvert, 1906
  • Santos, 1946
  • Calvert, 1946
  • Calvert, 1909
  • Calvert, 1909
  • Ris, 1919
  • Westfall, 1992
  • Martin, 1897
  • Geijskes, 1963
  • Santos, 1953
  • Westfall, 1992
  • Costa, Lourenço & Viera, 2002[2]
  • Rodrigues, 1988
  • Sjöstedt, 1918
  • Calvert, 1906
  • Calvert, 1909
  • (Selys, 1900)
  • Santos, 1953
  • Geijskes, 1963
  • Tennessen, 2000
  • Kirby, 1897 - Pale-footed Dasher[10]
  • Förster, 1907
  • De Marmels, 1989

References[]

  1. ^ Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-12281-6.
  2. ^ a b Costa, J. M., et al. (2002). Micrathyria pseudhypodidyma sp. nov.(Odonata: Libellulidae), with key to the species of the genus which occur in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. Neotropical Entomology 31(3) 377-89. (Portuguese).
  3. ^ Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  4. ^ a b c "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  5. ^ von Ellenrieder, N. (2009). "Micrathyria artemis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T159087A5308751. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T159087A5308751.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  6. ^ von Ellenrieder, N. (2009). "Micrathyria atra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T158896A5288915. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158896A5288915.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  7. ^ von Ellenrieder, N. (2009). "Micrathyria caerulistyla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T159073A5305198. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T159073A5305198.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  8. ^ Paulson, D.R. (2017). "Micrathyria dissocians". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T165060A80686724. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T165060A80686724.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  9. ^ von Ellenrieder, N. (2009). "Micrathyria hippolyte". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T158868A5285148. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158868A5285148.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  10. ^ von Ellenrieder, N. (2009). "Micrathyria tibialis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T158826A5279084. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158826A5279084.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
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