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Dicteriadidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Superfamily:	Calopterygoidea
Family:	Dicteriadidae Sélys, 1853
Genera
Dicterias Sélys, 1853 Heliocharis Sélys, 1853

The Dicteriadidae are a small family of damselflies with only two species in two monotypic genera. The family is endemic to South America.

Species:

• Dicterias atrosanguinea – red bareleg: endemic to Brazil
• Heliocharis amazona – widely distributed in South America

References

1. Trueman, John W.H. (1999). "The Family-Group Names Based on Selys' Légions". International Journal of Odonatology. 2 (2): 141–144. Bibcode:1999IJOdo...2..141T. doi:10.1080/13887890.1999.9748125.
2. Fleck, G., Neiss, U. G., & Hamada, N. (2012). The larva of Dicterias Selys, 1853 (Odonata: Heliocharitidae (= Dicteriadidae)), and taxonomic and phylogenetic notes on Heliocharitidae. Zootaxa, 3164, 32-40.

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