Idionyx

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: Libelluloidea

Familia: Corduliidae
Subfamilia: Idionychinae
Genus: Idionyx
Species: I. burliyarensis – I. carinata – I. claudia – I. corona – I. galeata – I. gomantakensis – I. iida – I. imbricata – I. intricata – I. laidlawi – I. minima – I. montana – I. murcia – I. nadganiensis – I. nilgiriensis – I. optata – I. orchestra – I. periyashola – I. philippa – I. rhinoceroides – I. saffronata – I. salva – I. selysi – I. stevensi – I. thailandica – I. travancorensis – I. unguiculata – I. victor – I. yolanda – I. yunnanensis
Name

Idionyx Hagen, 1867: 58, 62
References
Primary references

Hagen, H. 1867. Notizen beim Studium von Brauer's Novara-Neuropteren. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 17, Abhandl.: 31–62. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Subramanian, K.A., Rangnekar, P. & Naik, R. 2013. Idionyx (Odonata: Corduliidae) of the Western Ghats with a description of a new species. Zootaxa 3652(2): 277–288. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3652.2.5 Reference page.
Subramanian, K.A., Rangnekar, P. & Naik, R. 2013. Erratum: Subramanian, K.A., Rangnekar, P. & Naik, R. (2013) Idionyx (Odonata: Corduliidae) of the Western Ghats with a description of a new species. Zootaxa, 3652 (2), 277–288. Zootaxa 3666(1): 100–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.1.10 Reference page.
Xu, Q.-H. 2013: Idionyx pseudovictor sp. nov. from Fujian, China (Odonata: Anisoptera: Corduliidae). Zootaxa 3683(1): 82–86. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3683.1.5 Reference page.
Zhang, H.; Tong, X. 2010: Descriptions of the final instar larvae of three Chinese Idionyx species (Odonata: Anisoptera: Corduliidae). Zootaxa 2716: 53–63. Preview Reference page.

Idionyx is a genus of dragonflies in the family Synthemistidae, which is earlier treated as a subfamily of Corduliidae.[1] According to World Odonata List, this genera is best considered incertae sedis.[2]

The genus consists of the following species:[2]

Idionyx asahinai Karube, 2011
Idionyx carinatus Fraser, 1926
Idionyx claudia Ris, 1912
Idionyx corona Fraser, 1921
Idionyx galeatus Fraser, 1924
Idionyx gomantakensis Subramanian, Rangnekar & Naik, 2013
Idionyx iida Hämäläinen, 2002
Idionyx imbricatus Fraser, 1926
Idionyx intricatus Fraser, 1926
Idionyx laidlawi Fraser, 1936
Idionyx minimus Fraser, 1931
Idionyx montanus Karsch, 1891
Idionyx murcia Lieftinck, 1971
Idionyx nadganiensis Fraser, 1924
Idionyx nilgiriensis (Fraser, 1918)
Idionyx optatus Selys, 1878
Idionyx orchestra Lieftinck, 1953
Idionyx periyashola Fraser, 1939
Idionyx philippa Ris, 1912
Idionyx rhinoceroides Fraser, 1934
Idionyx saffronatus Fraser, 1921
Idionyx selysi Fraser, 1926
Idionyx stevensi Fraser, 1924
Idionyx thailandicus Hämäläinen, 1985
Idionyx travancorensis Fraser, 1931
Idionyx unguiculatus Fraser, 1926
Idionyx victor Hämäläinen, 1991 – dancing shadow-emerald[3]
Idionyx yolanda Selys, 1871
Idionyx yunnanensis Zhou, Wang, Shuai & Liu, 1994

References

Dijkstra, K.D.B.; et al. (2013). "The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013)". Zootaxa. 3703 (1): 36–45. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9. hdl:10072/61365.
Dennis Paulson; Martin Schorr; Cyrille Deliry. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 15 Feb 2022.
"Dancing Shadow-emerald". Hong Kong Biodiversity Online. Retrieved 11 October 2010.