TheDicteriadidaeare a small family ofdamselflieswith only two species in twomonotypic genera.The family is endemic to South America.[2]
| Dicteriadidae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Superfamily: | Calopterygoidea |
| Family: | Dicteriadidae Sélys,1853[1] |
| Genera | |
| |
Species:
- Dicterias atrosanguinea– red bareleg: endemic to Brazil
- Heliocharis amazona– widely distributed in South America
References
edit- ^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.
- ^Fleck, G., Neiss, U. G., & Hamada, N. (2012).The larva ofDicteriasSelys, 1853 (Odonata: Heliocharitidae (= Dicteriadidae)), and taxonomic and phylogenetic notes on Heliocharitidae.Zootaxa,3164, 32-40.