Micrathyria
male M. hypodidyma, Colombia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Subfamily: Brachydiplacinae
Genus: Micrathyria
Kirby, 1889
Type species
Micrathyria didyma

Micrathyria is a Neotropical genus of dragonflies. They have bright green eyes and white faces. Most species have a markedly striped thorax. They are commonly known as Tropical Dashers.[1]

As of 2002, there were about 48 species.[2]

Species include:[3]

  • Micrathyria aequalis (Hagen, 1861) - Spot-tailed Dasher[4]
  • Micrathyria almeidai Santos, 1945
  • Micrathyria artemis Ris, 1911 - Artemis Dasher[5]
  • Micrathyria athenais Calvert, 1909
  • Micrathyria atra (Martin, 1897) - Black Dasher[6]
  • Micrathyria borgmeieri Santos, 1947
  • Micrathyria caerulistyla Donnelly, 1992 - Blue-tipped Dasher[7]
  • Micrathyria cambridgei Kirby, 1897
  • Micrathyria catenata Calvert, 1909
  • Micrathyria coropinae Geijskes, 1963
  • Micrathyria debilis (Hagen, 1861)
  • Micrathyria dictynna Ris, 1919
  • Micrathyria dido Ris, 1911
  • Micrathyria didyma (Selys in Sagra, 1857) - Three-striped Dasher[4]
  • Micrathyria dissocians Calvert, 1906 - Caribbean Dasher[8]
  • Micrathyria divergens Westfall, 1992
  • Micrathyria dunklei Westfall, 1992
  • Micrathyria duplicata Navás, 1922
  • Micrathyria dythemoides Calvert, 1909
  • Micrathyria eximia Kirby, 1897
  • Micrathyria hagenii Kirby, 1890 - Thornbush Dasher[4]
  • Micrathyria hesperis Ris, 1911
  • Micrathyria hippolyte Ris, 1911 - Forest Dasher[9]
  • Micrathyria hypodidyma Calvert, 1906
  • Micrathyria iheringi Santos, 1946
  • Micrathyria kleerekoperi Calvert, 1946
  • Micrathyria laevigata Calvert, 1909
  • Micrathyria longifasciata Calvert, 1909
  • Micrathyria mengeri Ris, 1919
  • Micrathyria occipita Westfall, 1992
  • Micrathyria ocellata Martin, 1897
  • Micrathyria paruensis Geijskes, 1963
  • Micrathyria pirassunungae Santos, 1953
  • Micrathyria pseudeximia Westfall, 1992
  • Micrathyria pseudhypodidyma Costa, Lourenço & Viera, 2002[2]
  • Micrathyria ringueleti Rodrigues, 1988
  • Micrathyria romani Sjöstedt, 1918
  • Micrathyria schumanni Calvert, 1906
  • Micrathyria spinifera Calvert, 1909
  • Micrathyria spuria (Selys, 1900)
  • Micrathyria stawiarskii Santos, 1953
  • Micrathyria surinamensis Geijskes, 1963
  • Micrathyria sympriona Tennessen, 2000
  • Micrathyria tibialis Kirby, 1897 - Pale-footed Dasher[10]
  • Micrathyria ungulata Förster, 1907
  • Micrathyria venezuelae De Marmels, 1989

References

  1. ↑ Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-12281-6.
  2. 1 2 Costa, J. M., et al. (2002). Micrathyria pseudhypodidyma sp. nov.(Odonata: Libellulidae), with key to the species of the genus which occur in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. Neotropical Entomology 31(3) 377-89. (Portuguese).
  3. ↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2023). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  5. ↑ von Ellenrieder, N. (2009). "Micrathyria artemis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T159087A5308751. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T159087A5308751.en.
  6. ↑ von Ellenrieder, N. (2009). "Micrathyria atra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T158896A5288915. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158896A5288915.en.
  7. ↑ von Ellenrieder, N. (2009). "Micrathyria caerulistyla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T159073A5305198. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T159073A5305198.en.
  8. ↑ Paulson, D.R. (2017). "Micrathyria dissocians". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T165060A80686724. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T165060A80686724.en.
  9. ↑ von Ellenrieder, N. (2009). "Micrathyria hippolyte". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T158868A5285148. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158868A5285148.en.
  10. ↑ von Ellenrieder, N. (2009). "Micrathyria tibialis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T158826A5279084. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158826A5279084.en.


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