Megaloprepus

Megaloprepus
Megaloprepus diaboli
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus:
Rambur, 1842

Megaloprepus is a genus of large Neotropical damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae,[1] commonly known as helicopter damsels. There are four species distributed from Mexico to Ecuador and Peru.[2]

Species include:

  • Megaloprepus brevistigma Selys, 1860
  • Megaloprepus caerulatus (Drury, 1782)
  • Megaloprepus diaboli Feindt & Hadrys, 2022
  • Megaloprepus latipennis Selys, 1860

References

  1. ^ "Megaloprepus Rambur, 1842". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
  2. ^ Feindt, W., & Hadrys, H. (2022). The damselfly genus Megaloprepus (Odonata: Pseudostigmatidae): Revalidation and delimitation of species-level taxa including the description of one new species. Zootaxa, 5115(4): 487-510.