Chlorocyphinae

Chlorocyphinae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Chlorocyphidae
Subfamily: Chlorocyphinae
Cowley, 1937
Genera

Chlorocyphinae is a subfamily of jewel damselflies in the family Chlorocyphidae. World Odonata List places four genera in the subfamily; they are found in tropical Africa.

Taxonomic history

In 2014, Dijkstra and colleagues described four African genera as a distinct group and referred to it as "Chlorocyphinae". They did not formally apply subfamily names at the time because of a nomenclatural issue involving older names for other groups in Chlorocyphidae. In 2026, Fomekong-Lontchi and colleagues included Chlorocyphinae, attributed to Cowley in 1937, as a subfamily in their revised classification of Chlorocyphidae.

References

  1. ↑ Cowley, J. (1937). "The penis of the Chlorocyphidae (Odonata) as a group-character". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 86 (1): 1–18. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1937.tb00423.x.
  2. 1 2 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 October 2026.
  3. 1 2 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.
  4. ↑ Fomekong-Lontchi, J.; Kalkman, V. J.; Frandsen, P. B.; Ware, J. L.; Abbott, J. C.; Guralnick, R.; Dijkstra, K.-D. B.; Hämäläinen, M.; Dow, R. A.; Bybee, S. M. (2026). "Molecular phylogeny and updated classification of jewel damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera: Chlorocyphidae)". Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 84: 867–888. doi:10.3897/asp.84.e178305.