Biology:Polythore

Polythore is a genus of damselflies in the family Polythoridae. There are over 20 described species in Polythore.

Species

The following species are currently placed in Polythore:

• Polythore albistriata Bota-Sierra & Sánchez Herrera, 2023
• Polythore aurora (Selys, 1879) ^{i c g}
• Polythore batesi (Selys, 1869) ^{i c g}
• Polythore beata (McLachlan, 1869) ^{i c g}
• Polythore boliviana (McLachlan, 1878) ^{i c g}
• Polythore chiribiquete (Zloty & Pritchard, 2001)
• Polythore concinna (McLachlan, 1881) ^{i c g}
• Polythore derivata (McLachlan, 1881) ^{i c g}
• Polythore gigantea (Selys, 1853) ^{i c g}
• Polythore koepckei Börzsöny, 2013
• Polythore lamerceda Bick and Bick, 1985 ^{i c g}
• Polythore manua Bick and Bick, 1990 ^{i c g}
• Polythore mutata (McLachlan, 1881) ^{i c g}
• Polythore neopicta Bick and Bick, 1990 ^{i c g}
• Polythore ornata (Selys, 1879) ^{i c g}
• Polythore picta (Rambur, 1842) ^{i c g}
• Polythore procera (Selys, 1869) ^{i c g}
• Polythore spaeteri Burmeister and Börzsöny, 2003 ^{i c g}
• Polythore terminata Fraser, 1946 ^{i c g}
• Polythore vexilla Tennessen, 2024
• Polythore victoria (McLachlan, 1869) ^{i c g}
• Polythore vittata (Selys, 1869) ^{i c g}
• Polythore williamsoni (Förster, 1903) ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF,

Etymology

The genus name Polythore was introduced by Calvert in 1917 as a replacement for Thore Selys, 1853, which was preoccupied by a name previously used for a genus of spiders. Calvert stated that the name Polythore refers to the denser wing venation of its members compared with other genera in the group.

Further reading

• Abbott, John C. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691113647. 
• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=DKzAmSDdLtsC. 
• Ball-Damerow, J.E.; Oboyski, P.T.; Resh, V.H. (2015). "California dragonfly and damselfly (Odonata) database: temporal and spatial distribution of species records collected over the past century". ZooKeys (482): 67–89. doi:10.3897/zookeys.482.8453. PMID 25709531. Bibcode: 2015ZooK..482...67B. 
• Lam, Ed (2004). Damselflies of the Northeast. Biodiversity Books. ISBN 978-0975401507. 
• Nikula, Blair; Loose, Jennifer L.; Burne, Matthew R. (2003). Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife. http://www.museunacional.ufrj.br/mndi/Aracnologia/Opilionomicon/Opilionomicon.htm. 
• Steinmann, Henrik (1997). World Catalogue of Odonata, Volume I: Zygoptera. Das Tierreich. 110. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3-11-014933-8. 
• Westfall, Minter J. Jr.; May, Michael L. (1996). Damselflies of North America. Scientific Publishers. ISBN 0-945417-93-4. 

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