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Rimanella
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Rimanellidae Davies & Tobin, 1984
Genus:	Rimanella Needham, 1934
Species:	R. arcana
Binomial name
Rimanella arcana (Needham, 1933)

Rimanella is a monotypic genus of damselflies, the only genus in the family Rimanellidae. It contains the single species Rimanella arcana. This damselfly is known commonly as the Pantepui relict damsel. It is native to South America, where it occurs in Guyana, Venezuela, Suriname, and Brazil.

This is a common species which inhabits mountain stream habitat above 800 meters in elevation.

References

1. ^ von Ellenrieder, N.; Paulson, D. (2006). "Rimanella arcana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60264A12335693. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60264A12335693.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. ^ "List of the Odonata of South America, By Country". World Odonata List. Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
3. Jocque, Merlijn; Argueta, Ivany (2014). "A new species in the genus Amphipteryx Selys, 1853 (Odonata, Amphipterygidae) from Pico Bonito National Park, Honduras". ZooKeys (408): 71–80. Bibcode:2014ZooK..408...71J. doi:10.3897/zookeys.408.7174. PMC 4042827. PMID 24899838.

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