Zyxomma

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: Epiprocta
Infraordo: Anisoptera
Superfamilia: Libelluloidea

Familia: Libellulidae
Subfamilia: Trameinae
Tribus: Zyxommatini
Genus: Zyxomma

Species: Z. atlanticum - Z. breviventre - Z. elgneri - Z. multinervorum - Z. obtusum - Z. petiolatum

Name
Zyxomma Rambur, 1842

Zyxomma is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.[2][3] Species of Zyxomma are small to medium-sized, dully coloured, crepuscular insects. They are known as Duskdarters.[4] Members of Zyxomma are found in India, Japan, Africa and Australia.[5]
Species

The genus Zyxomma includes the following species:[3]

Male	Female	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
		Zyxomma atlanticum Selys, 1889	Smoky Duskdarter, Clear-winged Dusk-darter	widespread in central Africa[6]
		Zyxomma breviventre (Martin, 1921)		Cambodia
		Zyxomma elgneri Ris, 1913	Short-tailed Duskdarter	New Guinea to northern Australia[4]
		Zyxomma multinervorum Carpenter, 1897	Large Duskdarter	Australasia[7]
		Zyxomma obtusum Albarda, 1881		Peninsular Malaysia
		Zyxomma petiolatum Rambur, 1842	Long-tailed Duskdarter	New Guinea to northern Australia[4]

See also

Parazyxomma flavicans (Martin, 1908) - Banded Duskdarter[8]

References

Rambur, Jules (1842). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Névroptères (in French). Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. 534 [30] – via Gallica.
"Genus: Zyxomma Rambur, 1842". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. p. 278. ISBN 0643051368.
Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2016). "Zyxomma atlanticum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T60079A86828532. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60079A86828532.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Kalkman, V. (2009). "Zyxomma multinervinervis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T163924A5668409. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163924A5668409.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2016). "Parazyxomma flavicans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T59755A85936960. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59755A85936960.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.