Amphipteryx
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| Images of Amphipteryx jaroli (A–E), whole male holotype dead and preserved (A), frontal view head (B), lateral pterothorax (C), live male in the field (D) and dorsal pterothorax (E) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Superfamily: | Calopterygoidea |
| Family: | Amphipterygidae Selys, 1853[1] |
| Genus: | Amphipteryx Selys, 1853[1] |
Amphipteryx is a genus of damselflies in the family Amphipterygidae.[2] The genus is restricted to Mesoamerica, where its species inhabit tropical rainforests and cloud forests from Mexico to Honduras.[3]
Amphipterygidae contains only the genus Amphipteryx, making it one of several small damselfly families recognised in modern classifications.[4] Species are typically associated with shaded seeps and forest streams, while the larvae live amongst gravel and leaf litter in flowing water.[3]
Historically, Amphipterygidae included a number of geographically isolated genera from Asia, Africa and the Americas. Morphological and molecular studies later showed that these genera do not form a natural group, leading to the recognition of several separate families and the restriction of Amphipterygidae to Amphipteryx alone.[5][6][4]
Taxonomic history
[edit]Selys established the "legion Amphipteryx" in 1853, and some modern authorities therefore attribute Amphipterygidae to Selys, 1853.[1][2] Other sources attribute the family to Tillyard, 1917, who formalised many of Selys's higher groupings within a modern family-group classification.[7][8] Selys originally included two species in Amphipteryx, one of which (A. lestoides) was later transferred to the genus Lestoidea and is no longer considered closely related to Amphipteryx.[1][4]
For much of the twentieth century, Amphipterygidae included several geographically isolated genera from Central America, South America, Africa and Asia.[9] Novelo-Gutiérrez (1995) removed Diphlebia and Philoganga from the family, and subsequent morphological and molecular studies found little support for relationships among the remaining genera.[4][5][6][10]
Dijkstra et al. (2014) concluded that these lineages are best treated as separate families. Under this classification Amphipterygidae is restricted to the genus Amphipteryx, while genera formerly associated with the family are placed in Devadattidae, Philogangidae, Pentaphlebiidae, Pseudolestidae and Rimanellidae.[4]
Species
[edit]The following species are currently placed in Amphipteryx:[2]
- Amphipteryx agrioides Selys, 1853
- Amphipteryx chiapensis González, 2010
- Amphipteryx jaroli Jocque & Argueta, 2014
- Amphipteryx meridionalis González, 2010
- Amphipteryx nataliae González, 2010
Etymology
[edit]The family name Amphipterygidae is derived from the type genus Amphipteryx, with the standard zoological suffix -idae used for animal families.
The genus name Amphipteryx is derived from the Greek ἀμφί (amphi, "both", "double" or "on both sides") and πτέρυξ (pteryx, "wing").[1] Although Edmond de Sélys Longchamps did not explain the name in the original description, the genus was established on the basis of distinctive wing and wing-venation characters.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f 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 [66] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b Jocque, M. & Argueta, I. (2014). A new species in the genus Amphipteryx Selys, 1853 (Odonata, Amphipterygidae) from Pico Bonito National Park, Honduras. ZooKeys 408 71.
- ^ a b c d e Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Dow, Rory A.; Stokvis, Frank R.; Van Tol, Jan (2014). "Redefining the damselfly families: A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata)". Systematic Entomology. 39 (1): 68–96. doi:10.1111/syen.12035.
- ^ a b Novelo-Gutiérrez, Rodolfo (1995). "The larva of Amphipteryx and a reclassification of Amphipterygidae sensu lato, based upon the larvae (Zygoptera)". Odonatologica. 24 (1): 73–87.
- ^ a b Rehn, A.C. (2003). "Phylogenetic analysis of higher-level relationships of Odonata". Systematic Entomology. 28 (2): 181–239. Bibcode:2003SysEn..28..181R. doi:10.1046/j.1365-3113.2003.00210.x.
- ^ Tillyard, R.J. (1917). The biology of dragonflies (Odonata or Paraneuroptera). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 396 [284]. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.35170.
- ^ Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Bechly, Günter; Bybee, Seth M.; Dow, Rory A.; Dumont, Henri J.; Fleck, Günther; Garrison, Rosser W.; Hämäläinen, Matti; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Karube, Haruki; May, Michael L.; Orr, Albert G.; Paulson, Dennis R.; Rehn, Andrew C.; Theischinger, Günther; Trueman, John W.H.; Van Tol, Jan; von Ellenrieder, Natalia; Ware, Jessica (2013). "The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013)". Zootaxa. 3703 (1): 36–45. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9. hdl:10072/61365. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ^ Bridges, Charles A. (1994). Catalogue of the family-group, genus-group and species-group names of the Odonata of the world (3rd ed.). Urbana, Illinois: Charles A. Bridges. p. II.1. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.15291.
- ^ Bybee, S.M.; Ogden, T.H.; Branham, M.A.; Whiting, M.F. (2008). "Molecules, morphology and fossils: a comprehensive approach to odonate phylogeny and the evolution of the odonate wing". Cladistics. 24 (4): 477–514. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2007.00191.x. PMID 34879634.