Mnais

Mnais
Mnais mneme
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Calopterygidae
Subfamily:	Calopteryginae
Tribe:	Mnaisini
Genus:	Mnais Selys, 1853

Mnais is a genus of broad-winged damselflies in the family Calopterygidae. There are about 15 described species in Mnais. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Mnais pruinosa

Species

These 15 species belong to the genus Mnais:

• Mnais andersoni McLachlan in Selys, 1873
• Mnais auripennis Needham, 1930
• Mnais costalis Selys, 1869
• Mnais decolorata Bartenef, 1913
• Mnais esakii Asahina, 1976
• Mnais gregoryi Fraser, 1924
• Mnais icteroptera Fraser, 1929
• Mnais incolor Martin, 1921
• Mnais maclachlani Fraser, 1924
• Mnais mneme Ris, 1916
• Mnais pieli Navas, 1936
• Mnais pruinosa Selys, 1853
• Mnais semiopaca May, 1935
• Mnais tenuis Oguma, 1913
• Mnais yunosukei (Asahina, 1990)

References

1. "Mnais". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
2. Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Dow, Rory A.; Stokvis, Frank R.; et al. (26 August 2013). "Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata)". Systematic Entomology . 39 (1): 68–96. doi: 10.1111/SYEN.12035 . ISSN   0307-6970. Wikidata   Q54522669.
3. "Odonata Central" . Retrieved 2019-07-02.
4. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

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.
• Westfall, Minter J. Jr.; May, Michael L. (1996). Damselflies of North America. Scientific Publishers. ISBN   978-0-945417-93-4.

External links

• Media related to Mnais at Wikimedia Commons