Biology:Mesopodagrion

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Short description: Genus of damselflies

Mesopodagrion
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Superfamily: Calopterygoidea
Genus: Mesopodagrion
McLachlan, 1896

Mesopodagrion is a genus of flatwings in the damselfly order Odonata. There are two described species in Mesopodagrion.

As a result of molecular phylogenetic studies by Bybee et al. in 2021, it is now in its own family, Mesopodagrionidae.[1][2]

Species

  • Mesopodagrion tibetanum McLachlan, 1896
  • Mesopodagrion yachowensis Chao, 1953

References

  1. Seth M. Bybee et al. (2021) Phylogeny and classification of Odonata using targeted genomics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 160: 1-15
  2. "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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2249533 entry