Leptobasis

Leptobasis
Swampdamsels
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Leptobasis
Selys, 1877
Synonyms [1]
  • Chrysobasis Rácenis, 1959
  • Hylaeagrion Förster, 1960

Leptobasis is a small genus of damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae. They are commonly known as Swampdamsels. The genus is neotropical and one species, L. melinogaster, has been recorded in Texas.[2] They are slender and the females have very long ovipositors.[2]

The genus contains the following species:[1][3]

  • Leptobasis buchholzi (Rácenis, 1959)
  • Leptobasis candelaria Alayo, 1968 - Caribbean Swampdamsel[4]
  • Leptobasis guanacaste Paulson, 2009
  • Leptobasis lucifer (Donnelly, 1967)
  • Leptobasis mauffrayi Garrison & von Ellenrieder, 2010
  • Leptobasis melinogaster González-Soriano, 2002 - Cream-tipped Swampdamsel[5]
  • Leptobasis raineyi (Williamson, 1915)
  • Leptobasis vacillans Hagen in Selys, 1877 - Red-tipped Swampdamsel[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Rosser W. Garrison & Natalia von Ellenrieder (2010). "Redefinition of Leptobasis Selys with the synonymy of Chrysobasis Rácenis and description of L. mauffrayi sp. nov. from Peru (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa 2438: 1–36. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/zt02438p036.pdf. 
  2. ^ a b Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691122814. 
  3. ^ Martin Schorr, Martin Lindeboom, Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list/. Retrieved 11 August 2010. 
  4. ^ "Leptobasis candelaria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2007. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/165014. Retrieved 02 February 2011. 
  5. ^ a b "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/north-american-odonata/. Retrieved 5 August 2010. 


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