Biology:Platystictidae
Platystictidae is a family of damselflies, commonly known as shadowdamsels. It is the only family in the superfamily Platystictoidea.[1][2]
They look very similar to the threadtail damselfly family (Protoneuridae). They are found mainly throughout Asia, Central America, and South America.
Most members of this family live in dense tropical forests around streams. Their wings are narrow and their abdomen slender and elongated. Adults probably do not disperse far, as many species are known only from single locations or have very small ranges, and additional undescribed species likely exist.[3]
The oldest members of the family belong to the genus Mesosticta from Cenomanian aged Burmese amber of Myanmar.
Taxonomy
Platystictidae contains 10 genera with over 200 species and is the only family in the superfamily Platystictoidea.[1][2]
Phylogeny
Phylogenetic studies support Platystictoidea as a distinct evolutionary lineage of damselflies represented solely by the family Platystictidae.[1][4]
Platystictoidea is generally recovered as the sister group to Coenagrionoidea.[4][1]
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Etymology
The family and superfamily names are derived from the type genus Platysticta, from the Greek πλατύς (platys, "broad" or "flat") and στικτός (stiktos, "marked" or "spotted").[5]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Bechly, Günter; Bybee, Seth M.; Dow, Rory A.; Dumont, Henri J.; Fleck, Günther; Garrison, Rosser W.; Hämäläinen, Matti et al. (2013). "The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013)" (in en). Zootaxa 3703 (1): 36–45. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9. ISSN 1175-5334. https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3703.1.9.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/.
- ↑ Paulson, Dennis (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. p. 184. ISBN 978-1-4008-3294-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=wnX1nJSmFfAC&pg=PA184.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bybee, S.M.; Ogden, T.H.; Branham, M.A.; Whiting, M.F. (2008). "Molecules, morphology and fossils: a comprehensive approach to odonate phylogeny and the evolution of the odonate wing". Cladistics 24 (4): 477–514. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2007.00191.x. PMID 34879634.
- ↑ Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283318421_The_Naming_of_Australia's_Dragonflies.
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