Euphaeidae

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Euphaeidae
Euphaea fraseri, male
Euphaea fraseri, female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Superfamily: Calopterygoidea
Family: Euphaeidae
Jacobson & Bianchi, 1905[1]
Genera
  • Anisopleura Selys, 1853
  • Bayadera Selys, 1853
  • Cryptophaea Hämäläinen, 2003
  • Dysphaea Selys, 1853
  • Epallage Charpentier, 1840
  • Euphaea Selys, 1840
  • Heterophaea Cowley, 1934
  • Schmidtiphaea Asahina, 1978

Euphaeidae is a family of damselflies in the order Odonata. It is sometimes called Epallaginidae They are commonly known as Gossamerwings. It is a small family of damselflies with around 70 species. They commonly occur in Old World tropics. They are large and mostly metallic-coloured. They look similar to species of damselflies in the family Calopterygidae.[2]

The larvae have seven pairs of supplementary gills along the abdomen in addition to the usual three sac like gills at the tip of the abdomen. Adults have the fore and hind wings of equal length, barely petiolate and a long pterostigma that is broader in hind wing. Adults have close veins, numerous antenodals (15-38) and most breed in forest streams.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Bechly, G. (1998). "New Fossil Damselflies from Baltic Amber, with Description of a New Species, a Redescription of Litheuphaea Carpenteri Fraser, and a Discussion on the Phylogeny of Epallagidae (zygoptera: Caloptera)". International Journal of Odonatology 1 (1): 33–63. doi:10.1080/13887890.1998.9748092. ISSN 1388-7890. 
  2. ↑ Martin Schorr, Martin Lindeboom, Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 3 Oct 2013. 
  3. ↑ Hämäläinen, M. (2003). "Cryptophaea, a new euphaeid genus and three new species of Caloptera damselflies from Thailand (Odonata: Euphaeidae, Calopterygidae).". Zool. Med. Leiden 77 (25): 441–454. 
  4. ↑ Lok, A. F. S. L. and A. G. Orr (2009). "The biology of Euphaea impar Selys (Odonata: Euphaeidae) in Singapore". Nature in Singapore 2: 135–140. 

See also

Data related to Euphaeidae at Wikispecies

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