Paraphlebia

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: Thaumatoneuridae
Genus: Paraphlebia
Species: P. duodecima – P. hyalina – P. quinta – P. zoe
Name
Paraphlebia Selys in Hagen, 1861

Paraphlebia is a genus of flatwings in the damselfly family Thaumatoneuridae. It was formerly in the subfamily Argiolestinae of the family Megapodagrionidae, but was moved to the family Thaumatoneuridae as a result of molecular phylogenetic studies by Dijkstra et al. in 2013.[1]

The Zoe Waterfall Damsel is the largest and most brightly colored of its species. It has two pair of similar-shaped vertical wings.
Species

These fifteen species belong to the genus Paraphlebia:[2][3]

Paraphlebia akan [2]
Paraphlebia chaak [2]
Paraphlebia chiarae [2]
Paraphlebia duodecima Calvert, 1901
Paraphlebia esperanza [2]
Paraphlebia flinti [2]
Paraphlebia hunnal [2]
Paraphlebia hyalina Brauer, 1871
Paraphlebia itzamna [2]
Paraphlebia ixchel [2]
Paraphlebia kauil [2]
Paraphlebia kinich [2]
Paraphlebia kukulkan[2]
Paraphlebia quinta Calvert, 1901
Paraphlebia zoe Selys in Hagen, 1861 - Zoe Waterfall Damsel[4]

References

Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Dow, Rory A.; Stokvis, Frank R.; et al. (2014). "Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata)". Systematic Entomology. 39 (1): 68–96. doi:10.1111/syen.12035.
Ortega-Salas, Héctor; González-Soriano, Enrique; Jocque, Merlijn (11 January 2022). "Untangling the waterfall damsels: a review of the Mesoamerican genus Paraphlebia Selys in Hagen, 1861 (Odonata: Thaumatoneuridae) with descriptions of 11 new species". Zootaxa. 5089 (1): 1–66. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5089.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
Paulson, Dennis; Schorr, Martin; Deliry, Cyrille (12 January 2022). "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
Paulson, D.; von Ellenrieder, N. (2006). "Paraphlebia zoe". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T16176A5497209. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T16176A5497209.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.