Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Subclassis: Pterygota
Division: Palaeoptera
Ordo: Odonata
Subordo: Anisoptera
Superfamilia: Libelluloidea
Familia: Libellulidae
Subfamilia: Brachydiplacinae
Genus: Micrathyria
Species: M. aequalis - M. almeidai - M. artemis - M. athenais - M. atra - M. borgmeieri - M. caerulistyla - M. cambridgei - M. catenata - M. coropinae - M. debilis - M. dictynna - M. dido - M. didyma - M. dissocians - M. divergens - M. dunklei - M. duplicata - M. dythemoides - M. eximia - M. hagenii - M. hesperis - M. hippolyte - M. hypodidyma - M. iheringi - M. kleerekoperi - M. laevigata - M. longifasciata - M. mengeri - M. occipita - M. ocellata - M. paruensis - M. pirassunungae - M. pseudeximia - M. pseudhypodidyma - M. ringueleti - M. romani - M. schumanni - M. spinifera - M. spuria - M. stawiarskii - M. surinamensis - M. sympriona - M. tibialis - M. ungulata - M. venezuelae
Name
Micrathyria Kirby, 1889
Micrathyria is a Neotropical genus of dragonflies. They have bright green eyes and white faces. Most species have a markedly striped thorax. They are commonly known as Tropical Dashers.[1]
It consists of the following species:[2]
Micrathyria aequalis (Hagen, 1861) - Spot-tailed Dasher[3]
Micrathyria almeidai Santos, 1945
Micrathyria artemis Ris, 1911 - Artemis Dasher[4]
Micrathyria athenais Calvert, 1909
Micrathyria atra (Martin, 1897) - Black Dasher[5]
Micrathyria borgmeieri Santos, 1947
Micrathyria caerulistyla Donnelly, 1992 - Blue-tipped Dasher[6]
Micrathyria cambridgei Kirby, 1897
Micrathyria catenata Calvert, 1909
Micrathyria coropinae Geijskes, 1963
Micrathyria debilis (Hagen, 1861)
Micrathyria dictynna Ris, 1919
Micrathyria dido Ris, 1911
Micrathyria didyma (Selys in Sagra, 1857) - Three-striped Dasher[3]
Micrathyria dissocians Calvert, 1906 - Caribbean Dasher[7]
Micrathyria divergens Westfall, 1992
Micrathyria dunklei Westfall, 1992
Micrathyria duplicata Navás, 1922
Micrathyria dythemoides Calvert, 1909
Micrathyria eximia Kirby, 1897
Micrathyria hagenii Kirby, 1890 - Thornbush Dasher[3]
Micrathyria hesperis Ris, 1911
Micrathyria hippolyte Ris, 1911 - Forest Dasher[8]
Micrathyria hypodidyma Calvert, 1906
Micrathyria iheringi Santos, 1946
Micrathyria kleerekoperi Calvert, 1946
Micrathyria laevigata Calvert, 1909
Micrathyria longifasciata Calvert, 1909
Micrathyria mengeri Ris, 1919
Micrathyria occipita Westfall, 1992
Micrathyria ocellata Martin, 1897
Micrathyria paruensis Geijskes, 1963
Micrathyria pirassunungae Santos, 1953
Micrathyria pseudeximia Westfall, 1992
Micrathyria pseudhypodidyma Costa, Lourenço & Viera, 2002
Micrathyria ringueleti Rodrigues, 1988
Micrathyria romani Sjöstedt, 1918
Micrathyria schumanni Calvert, 1906
Micrathyria spinifera Calvert, 1909
Micrathyria spuria (Selys, 1900)
Micrathyria stawiarskii Santos, 1953
Micrathyria surinamensis Geijskes, 1963
Micrathyria sympriona Tennessen, 2000
Micrathyria tibialis Kirby, 1897 - Pale-footed Dasher[9]
Micrathyria ungulata Förster, 1907
Micrathyria venezuelae De Marmels, 1989
References
^ Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691122814.
^ Martin Schorr, Martin Lindeboom, Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
^ a b c "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
^ von Ellenrieder, N. (2007). "Micrathyria artemis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 05 October 2010.
^ von Ellenrieder, N. (2007). "Micrathyria atra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 05 October 2010.
^ von Ellenrieder, N. (2007). "Micrathyria caerulistyla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 05 October 2010.
^ Paulson, D. R. (2007). "Micrathyria dissocians". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 05 October 2010.
^ von Ellenrieder, N. (2007). "Micrathyria hippolyte". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 05 October 2010.
^ von Ellenrieder, N. (2007). "Micrathyria tibialis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 05 October 2010.
