Aphylla

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Odonatoptera
Cladus: Holodonata
Ordo: Odonata
Subordo: Epiprocta
Infraordo: Anisoptera
Superfamilia: Aeshnoidea

Familia:Gomphidae
Subfamilia: Gomphoidinae
Genus: Aphylla
Species: A. alia – A. angustifolia – A. barbata – A. boliviana – A. brasiliensis – A. brevipes – A. caraiba – A. caudalis – A. dentata – A. distinguenda – A. edentata – A. exilis – A. janirae – A. linea – A. molossus – A. producta – A. protracta – A. robusta – A. scapula – A. silvatica – A. spinula – A. tenuis – A. theodorina – A. williamsoni
Name

Aphylla Selys, 1854: 78
References
Primary references

Selys-Longchamps, E. de 1854. Synopsis des Gomphines. Bulletins de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux Arts de Belgique 21(2): 23–112. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Garrison, R.W., 1986: The genus Aphylla in Mexico and Central America, with a description of a new species, Aphylla angustifolia (Odonata: Gomphidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 79(6): 938–944.
Novelo-Gutiérrez, R. 2014. The larva of Aphylla protracta (Hagen, 1859), and a redescription of the larva of A. angustifolia Garrison, 1986 (Odonata: Gomphidae). Zootaxa 3884(4): 387–393. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3884.4.8 Reference page.

Links

Aphylla – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Aphylla – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Aphylla is a widespread Neotropical genus of dragonflies of the Gomphidae family. They are commonly known as the greater forceptails because of their forceps-like cerci.[1]

The genus contains the following species:[2]

Aphylla alia Calvert, 1948
Aphylla angustifolia Garrison, 1986 – broad-striped forceptail[3]
Aphylla barbata Belle, 1994
Aphylla boliviana Belle, 1972
Aphylla brasiliensis Belle, 1970
Aphylla brevipes Selys, 1854
Aphylla caraiba Selys, 1854
Aphylla caudalis Belle, 1987
Aphylla dentata Selys, 1859
Aphylla distinguenda (Campion, 1920)
Aphylla edentata Selys, 1869
Aphylla exilis Belle, 1994
Aphylla janirae Belle, 1994
Aphylla linea Belle, 1994
Aphylla molossus Selys, 1869
Aphylla producta Selys, 1854
Aphylla protracta (Hagen in Selys, 1859) – narrow-striped forceptail[3]
Aphylla robusta Belle, 1976
Aphylla scapula Belle, 1992
Aphylla silvatica Belle, 1992
Aphylla spinula Belle, 1992
Aphylla tenuis Hagen in Selys, 1859
Aphylla theodorina (Navás, 1933) – ringed forceptail[4]
Aphylla williamsoni (Gloyd, 1936) – two-striped forceptail[3]

References

Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-12281-4.
Dennis Paulson; Martin Schorr; Cyrille Deliry. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 15 Feb 2022.
"North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
von Ellenrieder, N. (2009). "Aphylla theodorina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T159095A5311053. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T159095A5311053.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.