| Micrathyria | |
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| male M. hypodidyma, Colombia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Subfamily: | Brachydiplacinae |
| Genus: | Micrathyria Kirby, 1889 |
| Type species | |
| Micrathyria didyma | |
Micrathyria is a Neotropical genus of dragonflies. They have bright green eyes and white faces. Most species have a markedly striped thorax. They are commonly known as Tropical Dashers.
As of 2002, there were about 48 species.
Species include:
- Micrathyria aequalis (Hagen, 1861) - Spot-tailed Dasher
- Micrathyria almeidai Santos, 1945
- Micrathyria artemis Ris, 1911 - Artemis Dasher
- Micrathyria athenais Calvert, 1909
- Micrathyria atra (Martin, 1897) - Black Dasher
- Micrathyria borgmeieri Santos, 1947
- Micrathyria caerulistyla Donnelly, 1992 - Blue-tipped Dasher
- Micrathyria cambridgei Kirby, 1897
- Micrathyria catenata Calvert, 1909
- Micrathyria coropinae Geijskes, 1963
- Micrathyria debilis (Hagen, 1861)
- Micrathyria dictynna Ris, 1919
- Micrathyria dido Ris, 1911
- Micrathyria didyma (Selys in Sagra, 1857) - Three-striped Dasher
- Micrathyria dissocians Calvert, 1906 - Caribbean Dasher
- Micrathyria divergens Westfall, 1992
- Micrathyria dunklei Westfall, 1992
- Micrathyria duplicata Navás, 1922
- Micrathyria dythemoides Calvert, 1909
- Micrathyria eximia Kirby, 1897
- Micrathyria hagenii Kirby, 1890 - Thornbush Dasher
- Micrathyria hesperis Ris, 1911
- Micrathyria hippolyte Ris, 1911 - Forest Dasher
- Micrathyria hypodidyma Calvert, 1906
- Micrathyria iheringi Santos, 1946
- Micrathyria kleerekoperi Calvert, 1946
- Micrathyria laevigata Calvert, 1909
- Micrathyria longifasciata Calvert, 1909
- Micrathyria mengeri Ris, 1919
- Micrathyria occipita Westfall, 1992
- Micrathyria ocellata Martin, 1897
- Micrathyria paruensis Geijskes, 1963
- Micrathyria pirassunungae Santos, 1953
- Micrathyria pseudeximia Westfall, 1992
- Micrathyria pseudhypodidyma Costa, Lourenço & Viera, 2002
- Micrathyria ringueleti Rodrigues, 1988
- Micrathyria romani Sjöstedt, 1918
- Micrathyria schumanni Calvert, 1906
- Micrathyria spinifera Calvert, 1909
- Micrathyria spuria (Selys, 1900)
- Micrathyria stawiarskii Santos, 1953
- Micrathyria surinamensis Geijskes, 1963
- Micrathyria sympriona Tennessen, 2000
- Micrathyria tibialis Kirby, 1897 - Pale-footed Dasher
- Micrathyria ungulata Förster, 1907
- Micrathyria venezuelae De Marmels, 1989
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References
- Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-12281-6.
- ^ Costa, J. M., et al. (2002). Micrathyria pseudhypodidyma sp. nov.(Odonata: Libellulidae), with key to the species of the genus which occur in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. Neotropical Entomology 31(3) 377-89. (Portuguese).
- Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
- ^ "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- von Ellenrieder, N. (2009). "Micrathyria artemis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T159087A5308751. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T159087A5308751.en.
- von Ellenrieder, N. (2009). "Micrathyria atra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T158896A5288915. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158896A5288915.en.
- von Ellenrieder, N. (2009). "Micrathyria caerulistyla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T159073A5305198. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T159073A5305198.en.
- Paulson, D.R. (2017). "Micrathyria dissocians". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T165060A80686724. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T165060A80686724.en.
- von Ellenrieder, N. (2009). "Micrathyria hippolyte". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T158868A5285148. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158868A5285148.en.
- von Ellenrieder, N. (2009). "Micrathyria tibialis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T158826A5279084. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158826A5279084.en.
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