Biology:Heliocypha

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Short description: Genus of damselflies

Heliocypha
Stream ruby (Heliocypha bisignata) male.jpg
Heliocypha bisignata, India
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Chlorocyphidae
Genus: Heliocypha
Fraser, 1949

Heliocypha is a genus of jewel damselflies in the family Chlorocyphidae. There are about nine described species in Heliocypha, found in Indomalaya.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Heliocypha:

  • Heliocypha angusta (Hagen in Selys, 1853)
  • Heliocypha biforata (Selys, 1859)
  • Heliocypha biseriata (Selys, 1859)
  • Heliocypha bisignata (Hagen in Selys, 1853)
  • Heliocypha fenestrata (Wiedemann in Burmeister, 1839)
  • Heliocypha mariae (Lieftinck, 1930)
  • Heliocypha nubecula (Lieftinck, 1948)
  • Heliocypha perforata (Percheron, 1835) (Common Blue Jewel)
  • Heliocypha vantoli Hämäläinen, 2016

References

  1. "Heliocypha". https://www.gbif.org/species/1426745. Retrieved 2020-06-06. 
  2. Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Dow, Rory A.; Stokvis, Frank R. et al. (2014). "Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata)". Systematic Entomology 39 (1): 68–96. doi:10.1111/syen.12035. 
  3. "Odonata Central". https://www.odonatacentral.org/. Retrieved 2019-07-02. 
  4. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/. Retrieved 2019-07-02. 

Further reading

  • Kalkman, V. J. (2013). Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae (PhD). Leiden University. hdl:1887/22953.
  • Steinmann, Henrik (1997). World Catalogue of Odonata, Volume I: Zygoptera. Das Tierreich. 110. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-014933-3. 

Wikidata ☰ Q936378 entry