Biology:Leptobasis

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Short description: Genus of damselflies

Leptobasis
Leptobasis melinogaster 23242180.jpg
Leptobasis melinogaster
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Leptobasis
Selys, 1877
Type species
Agrion croceum
Förster, 1906
Synonyms[1]
  • Chrysobasis Rácenis, 1959
  • Hylaeagrion Förster, 1960

Leptobasis is a small genus of damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae. They are commonly known as swampdamsels. The genus is neotropical and one species, L. melinogaster, has been recorded in Texas .[2] They are slender and the females have very long ovipositors.[2]

The genus contains the following species:[1][3]

  • Leptobasis buchholzi (Rácenis, 1959)
  • Leptobasis candelaria Alayo, 1968 - Caribbean swampdamsel[4]
  • Leptobasis guanacaste Paulson, 2009
  • Leptobasis linda Johnson, 2016[5]
  • Leptobasis lucifer (Donnelly, 1967) - Lucifer swampdamsel[6]
  • Leptobasis mauffrayi Garrison & von Ellenrieder, 2010
  • Leptobasis melinogaster González-Soriano, 2002 - cream-tipped swampdamsel[7]
  • Leptobasis raineyi (Williamson, 1915)
  • Leptobasis vacillans Hagen in Selys, 1877 - red-tipped swampdamsel[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Rosser W. Garrison; Natalia von Ellenrieder (2010). "Redefinition of Leptobasis Selys with the synonymy of Chrysobasis Rácenis and description of L. mauffrayi sp. nov. from Peru (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)". Zootaxa 2438: 1–36. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2438.1.1. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/zt02438p036.pdf. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-12281-6. 
  3. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/. 
  4. Paulson, D. R. (2009). "Leptobasis candelaria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T165014A5961991. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T165014A5961991.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/165014/5961991. Retrieved 24 December 2017. 
  5. Johnson, J.T. (2016). "Leptobasis linda sp. nov. from Ecuador (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)". Zootaxa 4171 (2): 373–381. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4171.2.10. PMID 27701231. http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4171.2.10. 
  6. Paulson, D. (2018). "Leptobasis lucifer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T165040A80681434. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T165040A80681434.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/165040/80681434. Retrieved 14 November 2021. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/north-american-odonata/. Retrieved 5 August 2010. 

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