| Chlorocyphidae | |
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| Rhinocypha bisignata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Superfamily: | Calopterygoidea |
| Family: | Chlorocyphidae Cowley, 1937 |
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Chlorocyphidae is a family of damselflies, commonly known as jewels or heliodors. These are colorful species native to the Old World tropics, where they occur along forest streams. They are most diverse in Southeast Asia.
Systematics
This family is monophyletic, containing about 20 genera. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility currently (December 2024) includes:
- Africocypha Pinhey, 1961
- Aristocypha Laidlaw, 1950
- Calocypha Fraser, 1928
- Chlorocypha Fraser, 1928
- Cyrano Needham & Gyger, 1939
- Disparocypha Ris, 1916
- Heliocypha Fraser, 1949
- Heterocypha Laidlaw, 1950 (monotypic)
- Indocypha Fraser, 1949
- Libellago Selys, 1840
- Melanocypha Fraser, 1949
- Micromerus Rambur, 1842 - Java?
- Pachycypha Lieftinck, 1950
- Paracypha Fraser, 1949
- Platycypha Fraser, 1949
- Rhinocypha Rambur, 1842
- Rhinoneura Laidlaw, 1915
- Stenocypha Dijkstra, 2013
- Sundacypha Laidlaw, 1950
- Watuwila van Tol, 1998
Gallery
See also
References
- Mitra, A., et al. (2014). Odonata survey in Central and Western Bhutan covering eight Dzongkhags (Districts): an annotated species list with nine new records. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 2(2), 11-15.
- Hämäläinen, M., & Karube, H. (2001). Rhinocypha orea spec. nov., a new damselfly from Vietnam (Odonata: Chlorocyphidae). Zoologische Mededelingen, 75, 405-408.
- Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Bechly, Günter; Bybee, Seth M.; Dow, Rory A.; Dumont, Henri J.; Fleck, Günther; Garrison, Rosser W.; Hämäläinen, Matti; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Karube, Haruki; May, Michael L.; Orr, Albert G.; Paulson, Dennis R.; Rehn, Andrew C.; Theischinger, Günther; Trueman, John W.H.; Van Tol, Jan; von Ellenrieder, Natalia; Ware, Jessica (2013). "The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013)". Zootaxa. 3703 (1): 36–45. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9. hdl:10072/61365. ISSN 1175-5334.
- Van Tol, J. (1998). The Odonata of Sulawesi and adjacent islands. Part 4. A new genus and species of Chlorocyphidae from South-East Sulawesi. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 323(35), 441-448.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility: family Chlorocyphidae (retrieved 2 December 2024)
External links
Data related to Chlorocyphidae at Wikispecies
Media related to Chlorocyphidae at Wikimedia Commons
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| Chlorocyphidae | |