Hetaerininae
Hetaerina americana, American Rubyspot, Virginia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Calopterygidae
Subfamily: Hetaerininae
Tillyard & Fraser, 1939

Hetaerininae is a subfamily of broad-winged damselflies in the family Calopterygidae. There are at least 4 genera and more than 70 described species in Hetaerininae. [1][2][3]

Genera

These four genera belong to the subfamily Hetaerininae:

  • Bryoplathanon Garrison, 2006
  • Hetaerina Hagen, 1853 (rubyspots)
  • Mnesarete Cowley, 1934
  • Ormenophlebia Garrison, 2006

References

  1. ↑ 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. doi:10.1111/syen.12035.
  2. ↑ "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  3. ↑ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

  • Garrison, Rosser W. (1997). Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia (eds.). Odonata. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. Vol. 4: Non–Holometabolous Orders. Entomological Information Services. pp. 551–580. ISBN 978-1-889002-04-0.
  • 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.
  • Westfall, Minter J. Jr.; May, Michael L. (1996). Damselflies of North America. Scientific Publishers. ISBN 978-0-945417-93-4.
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