Biology:Echo (damselfly)

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Short description: Genus of damselflies

Echo
Echo margarita, Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India 62712930.jpg
Echo margarita
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Calopterygidae
Subfamily: Calopteryginae
Tribe: Mnaisini
Genus: Echo
Selys, 1853

Echo is a genus of damselflies belonging to the family Calopterygidae. There are five species.[1] A sixth, Echo maxima, is sometimes included, but it probably belongs to a different genus.[2]

This genus is distributed in Asia, especially Southeast Asia.[1]

Species include:[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Zhang, H. M., Hämäläinen, M., & Cai, Q. H. (2015). Description of Echo candens sp. nov. from western Yunnan, China (Odonata: Calopterygidae). Odonatologica 44(1-2), 107-116.
  2. Yu, X. and Hämäläinen, M. (2012). A description of Echo perornata spec. nov. from Xizang (Tibet), China (Odonata: Calopterygidae). Zootaxa 3218 40-46.
  3. Dow, R. A. 2009. Echo uniformis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 January 2016.

Wikidata ☰ Q2804080 entry