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    Amphipteryx

    Topic: Biology

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    Short description: Genus of damselflies

    Amphipteryx
    Scientific classification e
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Arthropoda
    Class: Insecta
    Order: Odonata
    Suborder: Zygoptera
    Superfamily: Calopterygoidea
    Family: Amphipterygidae
    Selys, 1853
    Genus: Amphipteryx
    Selys, 1853

    Amphipteryx is a genus of damselflies, the only genus in the family Amphipterygidae.[1] It is limited to Mesoamerica from Mexico to Honduras and Guatemala.[1]

    Most damselflies in this family live in tropical rainforests and cloud forests. They rest on vegetation hanging over seeps and streams. The larvae live in gravel and leaf litter.[1]

    There are five species in this family:[1]

    • Amphipteryx agrioides Selys, 1853 – Montane Relict Damsel[2]
    • Amphipteryx chiapensis González, 2010
    • Amphipteryx jaroli Jocque & Argueta, 2014
    • Amphipteryx longicaudata González, 1991
    • Amphipteryx meridionalis González, 2010
    • Amphipteryx nataliae González, 2010

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Jocque, M. & Argueta, I. (2014). A new species in the genus Amphipteryx Selys, 1853 (Odonata, Amphipterygidae) from Pico Bonito National Park, Honduras. ZooKeys 408 71.
    2. ↑ von Ellenrieder, N.; Paulson, D. (2006). "Amphipteryx agrioides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006: e.T1169A3301718. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T1169A3301718.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/1169/3301718. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 

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