Dicterias
| Dicterias | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Dicteriadidae |
| Genus: | Dicterias Selys, 1853[2] |
| Species: | D. atrosanguinea |
| Binomial name | |
| Dicterias atrosanguinea | |
Dicterias is a monotypic genus of damselflies in the family Dicteriadidae.[3][4] It contains the single species Dicterias atrosanguinea, which is known commonly as the red bareleg. It is endemic to Brazil. It occurs on the banks of the Amazon River.[1]
Etymology
The genus name Dicterias is derived from the Greek δεικτηριάς (deiktērias, "female mime" or "female mimic").[5][6] Dunkle (1991) suggested that Sélys may have chosen the name because he considered the genus to resemble or mimic another damselfly.[5]
References
- 1 2 Paulson, D.; von Ellenrieder, N. (2006). "Dicterias atrosanguinea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006 e.T59714A11992000. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T59714A11992000.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- 1 2 Selys-Longchamps, E. (1853). "Synopsis des Caloptérygines". Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique (in French). 20 (Annexe): 1-73 [54] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3164.1.3.
- 1 2 Dunkle, S.W. (1991). "Review of the neotropical damselfly family Dicteriadidae (new spelling), with an annotated bibliography (Zygoptera)". Odonatologica. 20 (4): 401–416.
- ↑ Sophocles, E. A. (1860). A Glossary of Later and Byzantine Greek. Memoirs of the American Academy. Vol. 7. London: Trübner & Co. pp. 624 [244].