Leptobasis

Swampdamsels
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Family:	Coenagrionidae
Genus:	Leptobasis Selys, 1877
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 lucifer (Donnelly, 1967)
Leptobasis mauffrayi Garrison & von Ellenrieder, 2010
Leptobasis melinogaster González-Soriano, 2002 - Cream-tipped Swampdamsel^[5]
Leptobasis raineyi (Williamson, 1915)
Leptobasis vacillans Hagen in Selys, 1877 - Red-tipped Swampdamsel^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b 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)" (PDF). Zootaxa 2438: 1–36. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/zt02438p036.pdf.
^ ^a ^b Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691122814.
^ Martin Schorr, Martin Lindeboom, Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list/. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
^ Paulson, D. R. (2007). "Leptobasis candelaria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/165014. Retrieved 02 February 2011.
^ ^a ^b "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.