Leptobasis
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| Leptobasis | |
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| Leptobasis melinogaster | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Coenagrionidae |
| Genus: | Leptobasis Selys, 1877 |
| Type species | |
| Agrion croceum Förster, 1906
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Leptobasis is a small genus of damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae. They are commonly known as swampdamsels. The genus is neotropical and one species, L. melinogaster, has been recorded in Texas.[2] They are slender and the females have very long ovipositors.[2]
The genus contains the following species:[1][3]
- Leptobasis buchholzi (Rácenis, 1959)
- Leptobasis candelaria Alayo, 1968 – Caribbean swampdamsel[4]
- Leptobasis guanacaste Paulson, 2009
- Leptobasis linda Johnson, 2016[5]
- Leptobasis lucifer (Donnelly, 1967) – Lucifer swampdamsel[6]
- Leptobasis mauffrayi Garrison & von Ellenrieder, 2010
- Leptobasis melinogaster González-Soriano, 2002 – cream-tipped swampdamsel[7]
- Leptobasis raineyi (Williamson, 1915)
- Leptobasis vacillans Hagen in Selys, 1877 – red-tipped swampdamsel[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Rosser W. Garrison; Natalia von Ellenrieder (2010). "Redefinition of Leptobasis Selys with the synonymy of Chrysobasis Rácenis and description of L. mauffrayi sp. nov. from Peru (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2438: 1–36. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2438.1.1.
- ^ a b Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-12281-6.
- ^ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
- ^ Paulson, D. R. (2009). "Leptobasis candelaria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T165014A5961991. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T165014A5961991.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ Johnson, J.T. (2016). "Leptobasis linda sp. nov. from Ecuador (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)". Zootaxa. 4171 (2): 373–381. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4171.2.10. PMID 27701231.
- ^ Paulson, D. (2018). "Leptobasis lucifer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T165040A80681434. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T165040A80681434.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ a b "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.