Xanthocnemis

Xanthocnemis
Xanthocnemis zealandica, common redcoat damselfly
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Coenagrionidae
Genus:	Xanthocnemis Tillyard, 1913

Xanthocnemis is a genus of narrow-winged damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae. There are two species in Xanthocnemis, both found in New Zealand. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These two species belong to the genus Xanthocnemis:

• Xanthocnemis tuanuii Rowe, 1981 (Chatham redcoat damselfly) ^[5]
• Xanthocnemis zealandica (McLachlan, 1873) (common redcoat damselfy)

References

1. "Xanthocnemis". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 2020-04-13.
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. Bibcode:2014SysEn..39...68D. doi: 10.1111/syen.12035 .
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.
5. Rowe, R. J. (1981). "A New Species of Xanthocnemis Tillyard (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) from the Chatham Islands, New Zealand". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum . 18: 205–209. ISSN   0067-0464. JSTOR   42906305. Wikidata   Q58677180.

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.