Xanthocnemis
Xanthocnemis zealandica, common redcoat damselfly
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Xanthocnemis
Tillyard, 1913

Xanthocnemis is a genus of narrow-winged damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae. There are at least two described species in Xanthocnemis, found in New Zealand.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These two species belong to the genus Xanthocnemis:

  • Xanthocnemis tuanuii Rowe, 1981 (Chatham Redcoat Damselfly)
  • Xanthocnemis zealandica (McLachlan, 1873) (Common Redcoat Damselfy)

References

  1. "Xanthocnemis". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  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". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. 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). Wermuth, Heinz; Fischer, Maximilian (eds.). World Catalogue of Odonata, Volume I: Zygoptera. Das Tierreich. Vol. 110. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-014933-3.


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