Neoneura

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Neoneura
Neoneura sylvatica.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Family:
Protoneuridae
Genus:
Neoneura

Selys, 1860

Neoneura is a genus of damselfly in the threadtail family Protoneuridae. They are found in the Neotropics, from Cuba and Texas to Argentina.

Characteristics[]

Though part of the threadtail family, the abdomen of neoneurans, in contrast to that of protoneurans, is no more slender than that of pond damselflies. Males are mostly brightly coloured with red, orange, yellow and blue predominating, but females are less showy. The females do not bend their relatively short abdomens when laying eggs as do protoneurans. Pairs of these damselfly can be seen in tandem over quiet waters at the edges of lakes. The eggs are laid among floating wood chippings or on emergent plant stems, the male remaining in tandem with the female while ovipositing takes place.[1]

Species[]

The genus contains the following species:[2]

  • Neoneura aaroni Calvert, 1903 - Coral-fronted Threadtail[3]
  • Neoneura amelia Calvert, 1903 - Amelia's Threadtail[3]
  • Machado, 2006
  • Juillerat, 2007
  • Selys, 1860
  • Neoneura carnatica Hagen in Selys, 1886 - Orange-sided Threadtail, Tiger Threadtail[4]
  • Rácenis, 1955
  • Wasscher & Van 't Bosch, 2013
  • Williamson, 1917
  • Machado, 1989
  • Williamson, 1917
  • Williamson, 1917
  • Selys, 1886
  • Rácenis, 1953
  • Williamson, 1917
  • Garrison, 1999
  • Machado, 2007
  • Machado, 2006
  • Machado, 2002
  • De Marmels, 1989
  • Neoneura maria (Scudder, 1866) - Cuban Blue Threadtail[5]
  • Williamson, 1917
  • Machado, 2003
  • Williamson, 1917
  • Calvert, 1907
  • Selys, 1860
  • Selys, 1886
  • Machado, 1975
  • Hagen in Selys, 1886
  • Selys, 1886

References[]

  1. ^ Paulson, Dennis (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. p. 186. ISBN 978-1-4008-3294-1.
  2. ^ Dennis Paulson; Martin Schorr; Cyrille Deliry. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 15 Feb 2022.
  3. ^ a b "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  4. ^ Paulson, D. R. (2009). "Neoneura carnatica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T59745A12011586. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T59745A12011586.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  5. ^ Paulson, D.; von Ellenrieder, N. (2006). "Neoneura maria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T59746A12011793. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T59746A12011793.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.


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