Calopterygoidea

Male Papuan jewel Rhinocypha tincta, copyright Vincent Kalkman.

Belongs within: Zygoptera.

The Calopterygoidea are a group of damselflies characterised by wings with very numerous and dense antenodal crossveins (Petrulevičius & Nel 2004). In members of the family Calopterygidae, the wings commonly lack a pterostigma, and have relatively broad, non-petiolate bases.

<==Calopterygoidea [Calopterygomorpha]
    |--Eosagrionidae FB03
    |--Chlorocyphidae [Libellaginidae] FB03
    |    |--Libellago Selys 1840 FB03
    |    |--Heliocypha fenestrata TH06
    |    `--Rhinocypha Rambur 1842 TH06, FB03
    |         |--R. angusta SL89
    |         |--R. anisoptera SL89
    |         |--R. biforata SL89
    |         |--R. biseriata SL89
    |         |--R. ogasawarensis Oguma 1913 I92
    |         |--R. tincta TH06
    |         |    |--R. t. tincta TH06
    |         |    `--R. t. semitincta Selys 1869 TH06
    |         `--R. uenoi Asahina 1964 I92
    `--Calopterygidae [Calopteryginae] W75
         |--Psolodesmus mandarinus McLachlan 1870 FB03
         |--Neurobasis TH06
         |    |--N. australis Selys 1897 TH06
         |    `--N. chinensis TH06
         |--Mnais FB03
         |    |--M. andersoni McLachlan 1873 FB03
         |    |--M. nawai TMS91
         |    `--M. pruinosa TMS91
         |--Micromerus SL89
         |    |--M. aurantiacus SL89
         |    |--M. snellemani SL89
         |    `--M. sumatranus SL89
         |--Calopteryx W75
         |    |--C. aequabilis W75
         |    |--C. maculata W75
         |    |--C. splendens W75
         |    `--C. virgo W75
         |--Vestalis SL89
         |    |--V. amaena SL89
         |    |--V. luctuosa SL89
         |    |--V. lugens [incl. V. coracina] SL89
         |    `--V. melania SL89
         |--Euphaea SL89
         |    |--E. aspasia SL89
         |    |--E. bocki MacLachl. 1880 SL89
         |    |--E. variegata SL89
         |    `--E. yayeyamensis I92
         `--Dysphaea Selys 1853 SL89, PN04
              |--D. dimidiata SL89
              |--D. limbata SL89
              |--D. lugens SL89
              `--D. sublimbata SL89

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[FB03] Fleck, G., G. Bechly, X. Martínez-Delclòs, E. Jarzembowski, R. Coram & A. Nel. 2003. Phylogeny and classification of the Stenophlebioptera (Odonata: Epiproctophora). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France 39 (1): 55-93.

[I92] Iwahashi, J. (ed.) 1992. Reddo Deeta Animaruzu: a pictorial of Japanese fauna facing extinction. JICC: Tokyo.

[PN04] Petrulevičius, J. F. & A. Nel. 2004. A new damselfly family from the Upper Palaeocene of Argentina. Palaeontology 47: 109-116.

[SL89] Selys Longchamps, E. de. 1889. Odonates de Sumatra comprenant les espèces recueillies à Pulo Nias par M. le D.^r E. Modigliani. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie 2a 7: 444-484.

[TH06] Theischinger, G. & J. Hawking. 2006. The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood (Victoria).

[W75] Waage, J. K. 1975. Reproductive isolation and the potential for character displacement in the damselflies Calopteryx maculata and C. aequabilis (Odonata: Calopterygidae). Systematic Zoology 24 (1): 24-36.