Elattoneura

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: Coenagrionoidea

Familia: Platycnemididae
Subfamilia: Disparoneurinae
Genus: Elattoneura
Species: E. acuta – E. analis – E. atkinsoni – E. aurantiaca – E. balli – E. caesia – E. campioni – E. centrafricana – E. centralis – E. coomansi – E. dorsalis – E. erythromma – E. frenulata – E. girardi – E. glauca – E. josemorai – E. leucostigma – E. lliba – E. longispina – E. mauros – E. mayombensis – E. morini – E. nigerrima – E. nigra – E. nihari – E. oculata – E. pasquinii – E. pluotae – E. pruinosa – E. souteri – E. tenax – E. tetrica – E. tropicalis – E. vrijdaghi
Name

Elattoneura Cowley, 1935
References

Dow, R.A.; Choong, C.Y.; Ng, Y.F. 2010: Elattoneura mauros sp. nov. (Odonata: Zygoptera: Protoneuridae) from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. Zootaxa, 2502: 65–68. Preview

Elattoneura, the African threadtails, is a genus of damselflies in the family Platycnemididae.[1] They were formerly placed in genus Prodasineura,[2] but form a distinct clade. The adults are smallish and delicately built damselflies, and their males have very wide heads (cf. Platycnemis and Copera).[2] The adults are typically found in sheltered locations beside or over running water, though a few prefer calmer water with much detritus. There appears to be two groups with differing habitat preferences. Those with pruinose (i.e. frosty grey or white) faces and mostly blue eyes occupy watercourses in open terrain, while those with black or brightly coloured faces are found along forested streams.[2]
Species

There are over 30 species which include:[3]

Elattoneura acuta
Elattoneura analis
Elattoneura atkinsoni
Elattoneura aurantiaca
Elattoneura aurifex – goldsmith threadtail[4]
Elattoneura balli
Elattoneura caesia – jungle threadtail
Elattoneura campioni
Elattoneura cellularis
Elattoneura centrafricana
Elattoneura centralis
Elattoneura coomansi
Elattoneura dorsalis
Elattoneura erythromma
Elattoneura frenulata – sooty threadtail
Elattoneura girardi
Elattoneura glauca – common threadtail, grey threadtail
Elattoneura josemorai
Elattoneura khalidi
Elattoneura lapidaria – rock threadtail[4]
Elattoneura leucostigma – smoky-winged threadtail
Elattoneura lliba
Elattoneura longispina
Elattoneura mauros
Elattoneura morini
Elattoneura nigerrima
Elattoneura nigra – black threadtail
Elattoneura nihari
Elattoneura oculata – two-spotted threadtail
Elattoneura pasquinii
Elattoneura pluotae
Elattoneura pruinosa
Elattoneura souteri
Elattoneura tarbotonorum – stout threadtail[4]
Elattoneura tenax
Elattoneura tetrica
Elattoneura vrijdaghi

References
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Dijkstra, K. D. B., Kalkman, V. J., Dow, R. A., Stokvis, F. R., & Van Tol, J. (2014). Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata). Systematic Entomology, 39(1), 68-96.
Dijkstra, K.-D.B. "Genus Elattoneura Cowley, 1935 - African threadtails". addo.adu.org.za. frican Dragonflies and Damselflies Online. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
Elattoneura. Catalogue of Life, 29 January 2016.
Dijkstra, K. D. B., Kipping, J., & Meziere, N. (2015). Sixty new dragonfly and damselfly species from Africa (Odonata). Odonatologica 44(4), 447-678.