Palaemnema

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Palaemnema
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Palaemnema chiriquita
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Platystictidae
Genus: Palaemnema
Selys, 1860
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Palaemnema is a genus of damselflies in the family Platystictidae. They are commonly known as shadowdamsels and are found in the New World, from Arizona to Peru and French Guiana.

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Characteristics

Members of this genus are quite diverse. They reside in dense shade near streamlets that trickle though tropical forests. The majority are black with blue markings, though some are entirely black. They mostly have a blue thorax and a blue tip to the abdomen and are similar in size to large pond damsels. The prothorax is large and the legs long. Males have forceps-shaped cerci (appendages at the tip of the abdomen). [1]

Species

The genus contains the following species: [2]

References

  1. Paulson, Dennis (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. p. 184. ISBN   978-1-4008-3294-1.
  2. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
  3. Paulson, D. & von Ellenrieder, N. (2006). "Palaemnema baltodanoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2006: e.T60261A12317735. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60261A12317735.en . Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  4. Paulson, D. & von Ellenrieder, N. (2006). "Palaemnema chiriquita". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2006: e.T15880A5275842. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T15880A5275842.en . Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  5. Paulson, D. R. (2009). "Palaemnema gigantula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009: e.T15881A5276658. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T15881A5276658.en . Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  6. Paulson, D. & von Ellenrieder, N. (2006). "Palaemnema melanota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2006: e.T15882A5278238. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T15882A5278238.en . Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  7. Paulson, D. & von Ellenrieder, N. (2006). "Palaemnema paulicoba". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2006: e.T15883A5279664. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T15883A5279664.en . Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  8. Paulson, D. & von Ellenrieder, N. (2006). "Palaemnema reventazoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2006: e.T15884A5281135. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T15884A5281135.en . Retrieved 24 December 2017.