Sciotropis

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Sciotropis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Superfamily: Calopterygoidea
Genus: Sciotropis
Rácenis, 1959

Sciotropis is a genus of damselflies. There are at least two described species in Sciotropis. [1] [2] [3]

As a result of molecular phylogenetic studies by Dijkstra et al. in 2013, the genus Sciotropis is considered "incertae sedis", without an assigned family but within the superfamily Calopterygoidea. [1] [3]

Species

These two species belong to the genus Sciotropis: [3]

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References

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



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