Hetaerina

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: Hetaerininae
Genus: Hetaerina
Species: H. amazonica – H. americana – H. auripennis – H. aurora – H. brightwelli – H. caja – H. capitalis – H. charca – H. cruentata – H. curvicauda – H. duplex – H. erythrokalamus – H. flavipennis – H. fuscoguttata – H. gallardi – H. hebe – H. indeprensa – H. infecta – H. laesa – H. longipes – H. majuscula – H. medinai – H. mendezi – H. miniata – H. moribunda – H. mortua – H. occisa – H. pilula – H. proxima – H. rosea – H. rudis – H. sanguinea – H. sempronia – H. simplex – H. titia – H. vulnerata – H. westfalli
Name

Hetaerina Hagen in Selys, 1853
References

Garrison, R.W., 1990: A synopsis of the genus Hetaerina with descriptions of four new species (Odonata: Calopterygidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 116(l): 175–259

Vernacular names
English: Rubyspot

Hetaerina is a genus of damselflies in the family Calopterygidae. They are commonly known as Rubyspots because of the deep red wing bases of the males.[1] The name is from Ancient Greek: ἑταίρα (hetaira), courtesan. H. rudis, the Guatemalan rubyspot, is considered vulnerable on the IUCN Red Data List.[2]
Taxonomy

The genus contains the following species:[3]

Hetaerina amazonica Sjöstedt, 1918
Hetaerina americana (Fabricius, 1798) – American Rubyspot[4]
Hetaerina auripennis (Burmeister, 1839)
Hetaerina aurora Ris, 1918
Hetaerina brightwelli (Kirby, 1823)
Hetaerina caja (Drury, 1773)
Hetaerina calverti (Vega-Sánchez et al., 2020) – Cryptic Rubyspot[4]
Hetaerina capitalis Selys, 1873
Hetaerina charca Calvert, 1909
Hetaerina cruentata (Rambur, 1842)
Hetaerina curvicauda Garrison, 1990 – Hook-tipped Rubyspot[5]
Hetaerina duplex Selys, 1869
Hetaerina erythrokalamus Garrison, 1990
Hetaerina flavipennis Garrison, 1990
Hetaerina fuscoguttata Selys, 1878
Hetaerina gallardi Machet, 1989
Hetaerina hebe Selys, 1853
Hetaerina indeprensa Garrison, 1990
Hetaerina infecta Calvert, 1901
Hetaerina laesa Hagen in Selys, 1853
Hetaerina longipes Hagen in Selys, 1853
Hetaerina majuscula Selys, 1853
Hetaerina medinai Rácenis, 1968
Hetaerina mendezi Jurzitza, 1982
Hetaerina miniata Selys, 1879
Hetaerina moribunda Hagen in Selys, 1853
Hetaerina mortua Hagen in Selys, 1853
Hetaerina occisa Hagen in Selys, 1853
Hetaerina pilula Calvert, 1901
Hetaerina proxima Selys, 1853
Hetaerina rosea Selys, 1853
Hetaerina rudis Calvert, 1901 – Guatemalan Rubyspot[2]
Hetaerina sanguinea Selys, 1853
Hetaerina sempronia Hagen in Selys, 1853
Hetaerina simplex Selys, 1853
Hetaerina titia (Drury, 1773) – Smoky Rubyspot[4]
Hetaerina vulnerata Hagen in Selys, 1853 – Canyon Rubyspot[4]
Hetaerina westfalli Rácenis, 1968

References

Hogue, Charles Leonard (1993). Latin American Insects and Entomology. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-07849-7.[page needed]
von Ellenrieder, N. & Paulson, D. (2006). "Hetaerina rudis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T9980A13030436. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T9980A13030436.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
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. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
von Ellenrieder, N. (2009). "Hetaerina curvicauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T158938A5294700. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158938A5294700.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.