Palaemnema

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Shadowdamsels
Palaemnema chiriquita.jpg
Palaemnema chiriquita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Family:
Platystictidae
Genus:
Palaemnema

Selys, 1860
Species

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Palaemnema is a genus of dragonflies in the family Platystictidae. They are commonly known as shadowdamsels and are found in the New World, from Arizona to Peru and French Guiana.

Characteristics[]

Members of this genus are quite diverse. They reside in dense shade near streamlets that trickle though tropical forests. The majority are black with blue markings, though some are entirely black. They mostly have a blue thorax and a blue tip to the abdomen and are similar in size to large pond damsels. The prothorax is large and the legs long. Males have forceps-shaped cerci (appendages at the tip of the abdomen).[1]

Species[]

The genus contains the following species:[2]

  • Kennedy, 1938
  • Selys, 1860
  • Navás, 1924
  • Calvert, 1931
  • Palaemnema baltodanoi Brooks, 1989 - Cacao shadowdamsel[3]
  • Donnelly, 1992
  • Machado, 2009
  • Machet, 1990
  • Calvert, 1931
  • Kennedy, 1938
  • Ris, 1918
  • Palaemnema chiriquita Calvert, 1931 - Chiriquita shadowdamsel[4]
  • Selys, 1886
  • Donnelly, 1992
  • Calvert, 1931
  • Donnelly, 1992
  • Donnelly, 1992
  • Selys, 1886
  • Calvert, 1931
  • Palaemnema domina Calvert, 1903 - Desert shadowdamsel
  • Calvert, 1931
  • Palaemnema gigantula Calvert, 1931 - Elongate shadowdamsel[5]
  • Kennedy, 1940
  • Kennedy, 1942
  • Cowley, 1934
  • Kennedy, 1942
  • Hagen in Selys, 1860
  • Palaemnema melanota Ris, 1918 - Black-backed shadowdamsel[6]
  • Donnelly, 1992
  • Calvert, 1931
  • Selys, 1886
  • De Marmels, 1989
  • Calvert, 1931
  • Palaemnema paulicoba Calvert, 1931 - Cordoba shadowdamsel[7]
  • (Drury, 1773)
  • Calvert, 1931
  • Calvert, 1931
  • Calvert, 1931
  • Ris, 1918
  • Kennedy, 1938
  • Palaemnema reventazoni Calvert, 1931 - Reventazón shadowdamsel[8]
  • Donnelly, 1992
  • De Marmels, 1989

References[]

  1. ^ Paulson, Dennis (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. p. 184. 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. ^ Paulson, D. & von Ellenrieder, N. (2006). "Palaemnema baltodanoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60261A12317735. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60261A12317735.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  4. ^ Paulson, D. & von Ellenrieder, N. (2006). "Palaemnema chiriquita". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T15880A5275842. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T15880A5275842.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  5. ^ Paulson, D. R. (2009). "Palaemnema gigantula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T15881A5276658. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T15881A5276658.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  6. ^ Paulson, D. & von Ellenrieder, N. (2006). "Palaemnema melanota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T15882A5278238. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T15882A5278238.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  7. ^ Paulson, D. & von Ellenrieder, N. (2006). "Palaemnema paulicoba". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T15883A5279664. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T15883A5279664.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  8. ^ Paulson, D. & von Ellenrieder, N. (2006). "Palaemnema reventazoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T15884A5281135. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T15884A5281135.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.


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