Biology:Hetaerininae

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Short description: Subfamily of damselflies

Hetaerininae
American Rubyspot - Hetaerina americana, Warren Landing, Scottsville, Virginia (39304742724).jpg
Hetaerina americana, American Rubyspot, Virginia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Calopterygidae
Subfamily: Hetaerininae
Tillyard & Fraser, 1939

Hetaerininae is a subfamily of broad-winged damselflies in the family Calopterygidae. There are at least 4 genera and more than 70 described species in Hetaerininae. [1][2][3]

Genera

These four genera belong to the subfamily Hetaerininae:

  • Bryoplathanon Garrison, 2006
  • Hetaerina Hagen, 1853 (rubyspots)
  • Mnesarete Cowley, 1934
  • Ormenophlebia Garrison, 2006

References

  1. 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. 
  2. "Odonata Central". https://www.odonatacentral.org/. Retrieved 2019-07-02. 
  3. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/. Retrieved 2019-07-02. 

Further reading

  • Garrison, Rosser W. (1997). Odonata. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. 4: Non–Holometabolous Orders. Entomological Information Services. pp. 551–580. ISBN 978-1-889002-04-0. http://nearctica.com/nomina/pdfs/volume4/volume4.htm. 
  • Kalkman, V. J. (2013). Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae (PhD). Leiden University. hdl:1887/22953.
  • Steinmann, Henrik (1997). World Catalogue of Odonata, Volume I: Zygoptera. Das Tierreich. 110. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-014933-3. 
  • Westfall, Minter J. Jr.; May, Michael L. (1996). Damselflies of North America. Scientific Publishers. ISBN 978-0-945417-93-4. 

Wikidata ☰ Q21214104 entry