Biology:Tatocnemis

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Tatocnemis is a genus of flatwings in the damselfly order Odonata. There are about 10 described species in Tatocnemis.[1]

As a result of molecular phylogenetic studies in 2021, Tatocnemis is now in its own family, Tatocnemididae.[1][2]

Species

  • Tatocnemis crenulatipennis Fraser, 1952
  • Tatocnemis denticularis Aguesse, 1968
  • Tatocnemis emarginatipennis Fraser, 1960
  • Tatocnemis malgassica Kirby, 1889
  • Tatocnemis mellisi Schmidt, 1951
  • Tatocnemis micromalgassica Aguesse, 1968
  • Tatocnemis olsufieffi Schmidt, 1951
  • Tatocnemis robinsoni Schmidt, 1951
  • Tatocnemis sinuatipennis (Selys, 1891)
  • Tatocnemis virginiae Legrand, 1992

Taxonomic history

In a revision of the family Megapodagrionidae, Janis Rácenis (1959) established Tatocnemidinae as a new subfamily for Tatocnemis and Archaeopodagrion.[3]

Subsequent molecular phylogenetic studies supported recognition of this lineage as a distinct family within Zygoptera. Tatocnemidinae was therefore elevated to family rank as Tatocnemididae.[4][5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/. 
  2. Bybee, S. M.; Kalkman, V. J.; Erickson, R. J.; Frandsen, P. B.; Breinholt, J. W.; Suvorov, A.; Ware, J. L. (2021). "Phylogeny and classification of Odonata using targeted genomics". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 160: 1–15. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107115. PMID 33609713. Bibcode2021MolPE.16007115B. 
  3. Rácenis, Janis (1959). "Notas taxonómicas sobre la familia Megapodagrionidae (Odonata: Zygoptera) con la sinopsis de las especies venezolanas". Acta Biológica Venezuélica 2: 335–367. 
  4. Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Dow, Rory A.; Stokvis, Frank R.; Van Tol, Jan (2014). "Redefining the damselfly families: A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata)". Systematic Entomology 39 (1): 68–96. doi:10.1111/syen.12035. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12035. 
  5. Bota-Sierra, Cornelio A. (2017). "Two new species of the family Philogeniidae (Odonata: Zygoptera) from the Western Colombian Andes". International Journal of Odonatology 20 (3–4): 137–150. doi:10.1080/13887890.2017.1344733. 

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