Biology:Amphipteryx

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Short description: Genus of damselflies

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

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]

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 longicaudata González, 1991
  • Amphipteryx meridionalis González, 2010
  • Amphipteryx nataliae González, 2010

References

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