Biology:Devadatta (damselfly)

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Short description: Genus of damselflies

Devadatta
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Devadattidae
Genus: Devadatta
Kirby, 1890

Devadatta is a genus of damselflies in the family Devadattidae which is a sister-group of the Chlorocyphidae. There are about 13 described species in Devadatta.[1][2][3]

The genus has sometimes been placed in the family Amphipterygidae. Species in the genus are found in Southeast Asia with several species in Borneo.[4]

Species

These 13 species belong to the genus Devadatta:

  • Devadatta aran Dow, Hämäläinen & Stokvis, 2015
  • Devadatta argyoides (Selys, 1859)
  • Devadatta basilanensis Laidlaw, 1934
  • Devadatta clavicauda Dow, Hämäläinen & Stokvis, 2015
  • Devadatta cyanocephala Hämäläinen, Sasamoto & Karube, 2006
  • Devadatta ducatrix Lieftinck, 1969
  • Devadatta glaucinotata Sasamoto, 2003
  • Devadatta kompieri Phan, Sasamoto & Hayashi, 2015
  • Devadatta multinervosa Fraser, 1933
  • Devadatta podolestoides Laidlaw, 1934
  • Devadatta sokoh Dow, Hämäläinen & Stokvis, 2015
  • Devadatta tanduk Dow, Hämäläinen & Stokvis, 2015
  • Devadatta yokoii Phan, Sasamoto & Hayashi, 2015


References

  1. "Devadatta". https://www.gbif.org/species/1427556. 
  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. doi:10.1111/syen.12035. 
  3. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/. 
  4. Dow, Rory A.; Hämäläinen, Matti; Stokvis, Frank R. (2015). "Revision of the genus Devadatta Kirby, 1890 in Borneo based on molecular and morphological methods, with descriptions of four new species (Odonata: Zygoptera: Devadattidae)". Zootaxa 4033 (3): 301. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4033.3.1. ISSN 1175-5334. 

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.

Wikidata ☰ Q2583442 entry