Calopteryginae

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: Zygoptera
Superfamilia: Calopterygoidea

Familia: Calopterygidae
Subfamilia: Calopteryginae
Genera: Archineura - Atrocalopteryx - Caliphaea - Calopteryx - Echo - Iridictyon - Matrona - Matronoides - Mnais - Neurobasis - Noguchiphaea - Phaon - Psolodesmus - Sapho - Umma - Vestalaria - Vestalis

Name

Calopteryginae Selys, 1859
Synonyms

Caliphaeinae Fraser, 1929

References

Dijkstra, K.-D.B., Kalkman, V.J., Dow, R.A., Stokvis, F.R. & Tol, J. van 2014. Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata). Systematic Entomology 39(1): 68–96. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12035 Open access. Reference page.

Calopteryginae is a subfamily of broad-winged damselflies in the family Calopterygidae. There are about 17 genera and more than 160 described species in Calopteryginae. [1][2][3]
Genera

These 17 genera belong to the subfamily Calopteryginae:

Archineura Kirby, 1894
Atrocalopteryx Dumont et al., 2005
Caliphaea Hagen, 1859
Calopteryx Leach, 1815 (jewelwings)
Echo Selys, 1853
Iridictyon Needham & Fisher, 1940
Sapho Selys, 1853
Matrona Selys, 1853
Matronoides Foerster, 1897
Mnais Selys, 1853
Neurobasis Selys, 1853
Noguchiphaea Asahina, 1976
Phaon Selys, 1853
Psolodesmus McLachlan, 1870
Umma Kirby, 1890
Vestalaria May, 1935
Vestalis Selys, 1853

References

Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Dow, Rory A.; Stokvis, Frank R.; et al. (2014). "Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata)". Systematic Entomology. 39 (1): 68–96. doi:10.1111/syen.12035.
"Odonata Central". Retrieved 2019-07-02.

"World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

Garrison, Rosser W. (1997). Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia (eds.). Odonata. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. Vol. 4: Non–Holometabolous Orders. Entomological Information Services. pp. 551–580. ISBN 978-1-889002-04-0.
Kalkman, V. J. (2013). Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae (PhD). Leiden University. hdl:1887/22953.
Steinmann, Henrik (1997). Wermuth, Heinz; Fischer, Maximilian (eds.). World Catalogue of Odonata, Volume I: Zygoptera. Das Tierreich. Vol. 110. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-014933-3.
Westfall, Minter J. Jr.; May, Michael L. (1996). Damselflies of North America. Scientific Publishers. ISBN 978-0-945417-93-4.