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(Redirected from Devadattidae) Genus of damselflies

Devadatta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Superfamily: Calopterygoidea
Family: Devadattidae
Dijkstra, Kalkman, Dow, Stokvis & van Tol, 2014
Genus: Devadatta
Kirby, 1890

Devadatta is a genus of damselflies in the family Devadattidae which is a sister-group of the Chlorocyphidae. There are about 13 described species in Devadatta.

The genus has sometimes been placed in the family Amphipterygidae. Species in the genus are found in Southeast Asia with several species in Borneo.

Species

These 13 species belong to the genus Devadatta:

References

  1. "Devadatta". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  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.
  3. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. Dow, Rory A.; Hämäläinen, Matti; Stokvis, Frank R. (2015). "Revision of the genus Devadatta Kirby, 1890 in Borneo based on molecular and morphological methods, with descriptions of four new species (Odonata: Zygoptera: Devadattidae)". Zootaxa. 4033 (3): 301. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4033.3.1. ISSN 1175-5334.

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.
Extant Odonata families
Suborder Zygoptera
Calopterygoidea
Coenagrionoidea
Lestoidea
Platystictoidea
Suborder Anisozygoptera
Epiophlebiidae
Suborder Anisoptera
Aeshnoidea
Cordulegastroidea
Gomphoidea
Libelluloidea
Petaluroidea
Taxon identifiers
Devadatta
Devadattidae

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