Leptobasis
| Swampdamsels | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Family: | Coenagrionidae |
| Genus: | Leptobasis Selys, 1877 |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-12281-4.
- ↑ Martin Schorr, Martin Lindeboom, Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 3 Oct 2013.
- ↑ Paulson, D. R. (2007). "Leptobasis candelaria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.