Heliocypha

Heliocypha
Heliocypha bisignata, India
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Chlorocyphidae
Genus:
Fraser, 1949

Heliocypha is a genus of jewel damselflies in the family Chlorocyphidae. There are about nine described species in Heliocypha, found in Indomalaya.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Heliocypha:

  • Heliocypha angusta (Hagen in Selys, 1853)
  • Heliocypha biforata (Selys, 1859)
  • Heliocypha biseriata (Selys, 1859)
  • Heliocypha bisignata (Hagen in Selys, 1853)
  • Heliocypha fenestrata (Wiedemann in Burmeister, 1839)
  • Heliocypha mariae (Lieftinck, 1930)
  • Heliocypha nubecula (Lieftinck, 1948)
  • Heliocypha perforata (Percheron, 1835) (Common Blue Jewel)
  • Heliocypha vantoli Hämäläinen, 2016

References

  1. ^ "Heliocypha". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  2. ^ 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. Bibcode:2014SysEn..39...68D. doi:10.1111/syen.12035.
  3. ^ "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. ^ "World Odonata List". Puget Sound Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2025. Retrieved 2025-02-02.

Further reading

  • 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). Wermuth, Heinz; Fischer, Maximilian (eds.). World Catalogue of Odonata, Volume I: Zygoptera. Das Tierreich. Vol. 110. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-014933-3.