Euphaeidae

The Euphaeidae are a family of damselflies in the order Odonata sometimes called Epallaginidae. They are commonly known as gossamerwings. It is a small family of damselflies with around 70 species. They commonly occur in Old World tropics. They are large and mostly metallic-coloured. They look similar to species of damselflies in the family Calopterygidae.[2]

Euphaeidae
Euphaea fraseri, male
Euphaea fraseri, female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Superfamily: Calopterygoidea
Family: Euphaeidae
Jacobson & Bianchi, 1905[1]
Genera
  • Anisopleura Selys, 1853
  • Bayadera Selys, 1853
  • Cryptophaea Hämäläinen, 2003
  • Dysphaea Selys, 1853
  • Epallage Charpentier, 1840
  • Euphaea Selys, 1840
  • Heterophaea Cowley, 1934
  • Schmidtiphaea Asahina, 1978

The larvae have seven pairs of supplementary gills along the abdomen in addition to the usual three sac-like gills at the tip of the abdomen. Adults have the fore- and hindwings of equal length, barely petiolate and a long pterostigma that is broader in the hindwing. Adults have close veins and numerous antenodals (15-38), and most breed in forest streams.[3][4]

See also

Data related to Euphaeidae at Wikispecies

References
  1. Bechly, G. (1998). "New Fossil Damselflies from Baltic Amber, with Description of a New Species, a Redescription of Litheuphaea Carpenteri Fraser, and a Discussion on the Phylogeny of Epallagidae (zygoptera: Caloptera)". International Journal of Odonatology. 1 (1): 33–63. doi:10.1080/13887890.1998.9748092. ISSN 1388-7890.
  2. Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
  3. Hämäläinen, M. (2003). "Cryptophaea, a new euphaeid genus and three new species of Caloptera damselflies from Thailand (Odonata: Euphaeidae, Calopterygidae)". Zool. Med. Leiden. 77 (25): 441–454.
  4. Lok, A. F. S. L. and A. G. Orr (2009). "The biology of Euphaea impar Selys (Odonata: Euphaeidae) in Singapore" (PDF). Nature in Singapore. 2: 135–140.


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