Echo

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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
Genus: Echo
Species: E. margarita – E. maxima – E. modesta – E. perornata – E. uniformis
Name

Echo Selys, 1853
References

Yu, X.; 2012: A description of Echo perornata spec. nov. from Xizang (Tibet), China (Odonata: Calopterygidae). Zootaxa, 3218: 40–46. Preview

Echo is a genus of damselflies belonging to the family Calopterygidae. There are five species.[1] A sixth, Echo maxima, is sometimes included, but it probably belongs to a different genus.[2]

This genus is distributed in Asia, especially Southeast Asia.[1]

Species include:[1]

Echo candens Zhang, Hämäläinen, & Cai, 2015
Echo margarita Selys, 1853
Echo modesta Laidlaw, 1902
Echo perornata Yu & Hämäläinen, 2012
Echo uniformis Selys, 1879[3]

References

Zhang, H. M., Hämäläinen, M., & Cai, Q. H. (2015). Description of Echo candens sp. nov. from western Yunnan, China (Odonata: Calopterygidae). Odonatologica 44(1-2), 107-116.
Yu, X. and Hämäläinen, M. (2012). A description of Echo perornata spec. nov. from Xizang (Tibet), China (Odonata: Calopterygidae). Archived 2016-02-03 at the Wayback Machine Zootaxa 3218 40-46.
Dow, R. A. 2009. Echo uniformis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 January 2016.