Leptobasis

Leptobasis is a small genus of damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae. They are commonly known as swampdamsels. The genus is neotropical and one species, L. melinogaster, has been recorded in Texas.[2] They are slender and the females have very long ovipositors.[2]

Swampdamsels
Leptobasis melinogaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Family:
Coenagrionidae
Genus:
Leptobasis

Selys, 1877
Synonyms[1]
  • Chrysobasis Rácenis, 1959
  • Hylaeagrion Förster, 1960

The genus contains the following species:[1][3]

  • Leptobasis buchholzi (Rácenis, 1959)
  • Leptobasis candelaria Alayo, 1968 - Caribbean swampdamsel[4]
  • Leptobasis guanacaste Paulson, 2009
  • Leptobasis linda Johnson, 2016[5]
  • Leptobasis lucifer (Donnelly, 1967) - Lucifer swampdamsel[6]
  • Leptobasis mauffrayi Garrison & von Ellenrieder, 2010
  • Leptobasis melinogaster González-Soriano, 2002 - cream-tipped swampdamsel[7]
  • Leptobasis raineyi (Williamson, 1915)
  • Leptobasis vacillans Hagen in Selys, 1877 - red-tipped swampdamsel[7]

References
  1. Rosser W. Garrison; Natalia von Ellenrieder (2010). "Redefinition of Leptobasis Selys with the synonymy of Chrysobasis Rácenis and description of L. mauffrayi sp. nov. from Peru (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2438: 1–36. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2438.1.1.
  2. Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-12281-6.
  3. Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  4. Paulson, D. R. (2009). "Leptobasis candelaria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T165014A5961991. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T165014A5961991.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  5. Johnson, J.T. (2016). "Leptobasis linda sp. nov. from Ecuador (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)". Zootaxa. 4171 (2): 373–381. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4171.2.10. PMID 27701231.
  6. "Leptobasis lucifer". IUCN Red List. IUCN. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  7. "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.


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