Mnesarete

Mnesarete is a genus of damselflies in the family Calopterygidae.

This article is about the genus of damselflies. For the ancient Greek courtesan, see Phryne.

Mnesarete
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Calopterygidae
Subfamily: Hetaerininae
Genus: Mnesarete
Cowley, 1934

There are about 27 species. All are limited to South America.[1]

Species include:[2]

  • Mnesarete aenea (Selys, 1853)
  • Mnesarete astrape De Marmels, 1989
  • Mnesarete borchgravii (Selys, 1869)
  • Mnesarete cupraea (Selys, 1853)
  • Mnesarete devillei (Selys, 1880)
  • Mnesarete drepane Garrison, 2006
  • Mnesarete ephippium Garrison, 2006
  • Mnesarete fulgida (Selys, 1879)
  • Mnesarete fuscibasis (Calvert, 1909)
  • Mnesarete grisea (Ris, 1918)
  • Mnesarete guttifera (Selys, 1873)
  • Mnesarete hauxwelli (Selys, 1869)
  • Mnesarete hyalina (Hagen in Selys, 1853)
  • Mnesarete lencionii Garrison, 2006
  • Mnesarete loutoni Garrison, 2006
  • Mnesarete machadoi Garrison, 2006
  • Mnesarete marginata (Selys, 1879)
  • Mnesarete mariana Machado, 1996
  • Mnesarete metallica (Selys, 1869)
  • Mnesarete pruinosa (Hagen in Selys, 1853)
  • Mnesarete pudica (Hagen in Selys, 1853)
  • Mnesarete rhopalon Garrison, 2006
  • Mnesarete smaragdina (Selys, 1869)
  • Mnesarete williamsoni Garrison, 2006

References
  1. Guillermo-Ferreira, R., & Bispo, P. C. (2012). Description of the larva of Mnesarete pudica (Hagen in Selys, 1853) (Odonata: Calopterygidae) and notes on known genera of South American Calopterygidae larvae. Zootaxa, 77-81.
  2. Dennis Paulson; Martin Schorr; Cyrille Deliry. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 15 Feb 2022.

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