''Amphipteryx'' is a
genus of
damselflies
Damselflies are flying insects of the suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata. They are similar to dragonflies, which constitute the other odonatan suborder, Anisoptera, but are smaller and have slimmer bodies. Most species fold the wings along ...
, the only genus in the family Amphipterygidae.
[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. It is limited to
Mesoamerica from
Mexico to
Honduras
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and
Guatemala
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.
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Most damselflies in this family live in tropical rainforests and ]cloud forest
A cloud forest, also called a water forest, primas forest, or tropical montane cloud forest (TMCF), is a generally tropical or subtropical, evergreen, montane, moist forest characterized by a persistent, frequent or seasonal low-level cloud c ...
s. They rest on vegetation hanging over seeps and streams. The larvae live in gravel and leaf litter.[
There are five species in this family:][
*'' Amphipteryx agrioides'' Selys, 1853 – Montane Relict Damsel]
References
Calopterygoidea
Zygoptera genera
Taxa named by Edmond de Sélys Longchamps
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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