Leptobasis

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: Coenagrionoidea

Familia: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Leptobasis
Species: L. buchholzi – L. candelaria – L. guanacaste – L. linda – L. lucifer – L. mauffrayi – L. melinogaster – L. raineyi – L. vacillans
Name

Leptobasis Selys, 1877
Synonyms

Chrysobasis Rácenis 1959 [Garrison & von Ellenrieder, 2010: 3 (syn. nov.)]

References

Garrison, R.W.; Ellenrieder, N., von 2010: Redefinition of Leptobasis Selys with the synonymy of Chrysobasis Rácenis and description of L. mauffrayi sp. nov. from Peru (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). Zootaxa, 2438: 1–36. Preview PDF
Johnson, J.T. 2016. Leptobasis linda sp. nov. from Ecuador (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). Zootaxa 4171(2): 373–381. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4171.2.10. Reference page.
Machado, A.B.M. 2009: Denticulobasis and Tuberculobasis, new genera close to Leptobasis, with description of ten new species (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). Zootaxa, 2108: 1–36. Abstract & excerpt
Paulson, D.R. 2009: A new species of Leptobasis from Costa Rica (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). Zootaxa, 2239: 62–68. Abstract & excerpt

Leptobasis is a small genus of damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae. They are commonly known as swampdamsels. The genus is neotropical and one species, L. melinogaster, has been recorded in Texas.[2] They are slender and the females have very long ovipositors.[2]

The genus contains the following species:[1][3]

Leptobasis buchholzi (Rácenis, 1959)
Leptobasis candelaria Alayo, 1968 - Caribbean swampdamsel[4]
Leptobasis guanacaste Paulson, 2009
Leptobasis linda Johnson, 2016[5]
Leptobasis lucifer (Donnelly, 1967) - Lucifer swampdamsel[6]
Leptobasis mauffrayi Garrison & von Ellenrieder, 2010
Leptobasis melinogaster González-Soriano, 2002 - cream-tipped swampdamsel[7]
Leptobasis raineyi (Williamson, 1915)
Leptobasis vacillans Hagen in Selys, 1877 - red-tipped swampdamsel[7]

References

Rosser W. Garrison; Natalia von Ellenrieder (2010). "Redefinition of Leptobasis Selys with the synonymy of Chrysobasis Rácenis and description of L. mauffrayi sp. nov. from Peru (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2438: 1–36. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2438.1.1.
Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-12281-6.
Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
Paulson, D. R. (2009). "Leptobasis candelaria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T165014A5961991. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T165014A5961991.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
Johnson, J.T. (2016). "Leptobasis linda sp. nov. from Ecuador (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)". Zootaxa. 4171 (2): 373–381. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4171.2.10. PMID 27701231.
"Leptobasis lucifer". IUCN Red List. IUCN. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
"North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.