Amphipteryx

Amphipteryx is a genus of damselflies, the only genus in the family Amphipterygidae.[1] It is limited to Mesoamerica from Mexico to Honduras and Guatemala.[1]

Amphipteryx
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Superfamily: Calopterygoidea
Family: Amphipterygidae
Selys, 1853
Genus: Amphipteryx
Selys, 1853

Most damselflies in this family live in tropical rainforests and cloud forests. They rest on vegetation hanging over seeps and streams. The larvae live in gravel and leaf litter.[1]

There are five species in this family:[1]

  • Amphipteryx agrioides Selys, 1853 Montane Relict Damsel[2]
  • Amphipteryx chiapensis González, 2010
  • Amphipteryx jaroli Jocque & Argueta, 2014
  • Amphipteryx meridionalis González, 2010
  • Amphipteryx nataliae González, 2010

References

  1. Jocque, M. & Argueta, I. (2014). A new species in the genus Amphipteryx Selys, 1853 (Odonata, Amphipterygidae) from Pico Bonito National Park, Honduras. ZooKeys 408 71.
  2. von Ellenrieder, N. & Paulson, D. 2006. Amphipteryx agrioides. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 January 2016.


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