Dicterias

Dicterias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Dicteriadidae
Genus: Dicterias
Selys, 1853
Species:
D. atrosanguinea
Binomial name
Dicterias atrosanguinea
Selys, 1853

Dicterias is a monotypic genus of damselflies in the family Dicteriadidae. It contains the single species Dicterias atrosanguinea, which is known commonly as the red bareleg. It is endemic to Brazil. It occurs on the banks of the Amazon River.

Etymology

The genus name Dicterias is derived from the Greek δεικτηριάς (deiktērias, "female mime" or "female mimic"). Dunkle (1991) suggested that Sélys may have chosen the name because he considered the genus to resemble or mimic another damselfly.

References

  1. 1 2 Paulson, D.; von Ellenrieder, N. (2006). "Dicterias atrosanguinea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006 e.T59714A11992000. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T59714A11992000.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Selys-Longchamps, E. (1853). "Synopsis des Caloptérygines". Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique (in French). 20 (Annexe): 1-73 [54] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ↑ 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 May 2026.
  4. ↑ Fleck, G.; Neiss, U. G.; Hamada, N. (2012). "The larva of Dicterias Selys, 1853 (Odonata: Heliocharitidae (= Dicteriadidae)), and taxonomic and phylogenetic notes on Heliocharitidae". Zootaxa. 3164: 32–40. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3164.1.3.
  5. 1 2 Dunkle, S.W. (1991). "Review of the neotropical damselfly family Dicteriadidae (new spelling), with an annotated bibliography (Zygoptera)". Odonatologica. 20 (4): 401–416.
  6. ↑ Sophocles, E. A. (1860). A Glossary of Later and Byzantine Greek. Memoirs of the American Academy. Vol. 7. London: Trübner & Co. pp. 624 [244].