''Mnesarete'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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, Epiprocta) but are usually smaller and have slimmer bodies. Most species fold the win ...
in the
family
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Calopterygidae
Calopterygidae is a Family (biology), family of damselfly, damselflies, in the suborder Zygoptera.
They are commonly known as the broad-winged damselflies, demoiselles, or jewelwings. These rather large damselflies have wingspans of 50–80 ...
.
There are about 27 species. All are limited to
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...
.
[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.
Species include:
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Mnesarete aenea''
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Mnesarete astrape''
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Mnesarete borchgravii''
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Mnesarete cupraea''
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Mnesarete devillei''
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Mnesarete drepane''
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Mnesarete ephippium''
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Mnesarete fulgida''
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Mnesarete fuscibasis''
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Mnesarete grisea''
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Mnesarete guttifera''
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Mnesarete hauxwelli''
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Mnesarete hyalina''
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Mnesarete lencionii''
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Mnesarete loutoni''
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Mnesarete machadoi''
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Mnesarete marginata''
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Mnesarete mariana''
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Mnesarete metallica''
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Mnesarete pruinosa''
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Mnesarete pudica''
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Mnesarete rhopalon''
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Mnesarete smaragdina''
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Mnesarete williamsoni''
References
External links
Calopterygidae
Zygoptera genera
Odonata of South America
Taxa named by John Cowley (entomologist)
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